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With an election coming up I thought I would present this collection of strictly non-political, indecisive birds, who are on the fence about a variety of issues. The Green Heron is a mysterious bird, on the fence about whether to reveal more of its nature, or return to skulk in the reeds as might be expected.
There’s no species of bird more associated with the North American desert than Greater Roadrunner. When I was cutting my birding teeth in southern Missouri lo those many years ago, Greater Roadrunner was limited to a couple distant glades, cedar glens on the south side of Ozark mountains, in the far south of the state.
My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. This area offers probably the best wetland birding near Belgrade. What has changed in the meantime?
And in order to evaluate its potential, my agenda was to spend whole two days in the park and to produce the best possible evaluation based on that visit. Habitats: Check Birds… well, more presumed what the possibilities are, than actually checked… Sleeping: Check Getting around: Check I will come back to these topics in a while.
Fortunately for me, there were birds around too! An outing with an eighteen-month-old and two non-birders as participants can’t be focused entirely on birds, of course, but as we walked along I could certainly listen to what was singing. No, I have no such diabolical agendas! Pure coincidence!
I had an interesting email come in this winter: “I have been photographing birds for the past 8 years and have been confronted by numerous “Rude Birders.” I worked with education owls for over ten years, from Great Horned Owls to Saw-whet Owls (above bird). So, how close is “too close” for an owl?
The trick is to see the bird before you get too close. The easiest way to eliminate the Common Snipe is by noting the white trailing edge to the secondaries, but since this is not always conspicuous, it is not reliable if you fail to spot it on a fast moving, zig-zagging bird. Two male-plumaged birds were seen in this paddy.
There I was, enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon at home on a rainy and blustery day, resting on my laurels after seeing lots of good birds on Saturday and Sunday morning. With nothing particular on the agenda I could go see the bird! Lifer and state bird! I was looking at a life bird! I didn’t care.
Be water birds, be air birds. Be water birds, be air birds. Apparently the man with his head buried in a book is not interested in the “idle&# behavior of birds, and, by extension, those who would watch them. Twirl on, you and your satin blue. Be these purple tumblers you are. What is there to analyze here?
In 2018, I read an article in Birding magazine by Jeff R. It was later re-published on the All About Birds website.) In other words, a “spark class” rather than a “spark bird.” with binoculars, field notebooks, smartphones, and field guides” looking for birds. Think about it for a minute.
Take, for instance, the word “ruddy” Outside of birding, when was the last time you used it? In fact, it’s one of the few species of birds that’s found on the six major, not ice-covered, continents. The Pac Loon never made an appearance.
Saturday was set aside for birding. Redgannet was in town and had all day to get out looking for birds so I had booked us for the pelagic trip out of Freeport and our plan was to find his life Snowy Owl and then get on the boat and enjoy a host of alcids, gulls, and gannets. The owl, much to Redgannet’s dismay, was a no-show.
Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). Sign the White House petition started by 10,000 Birds! Look for it in upcoming posts. The Wild Duck Chase.
In fact, I was already embarrassed two months ago, when the pandemic and at-home duties had forced me to write about the same michoacano birds for a couple of years running. (It’s It’s a good thing that I can access some 300+ michoacano birds! New places, new birds! ” Of course, I birded every moment I could.
Of course, my eyes were always peeled for birds, and we had already spotted a Pied-billed Grebe , Allen’s Hummingbird , and more. Pulling up one of our handy dandy bird identification apps, we realized that though there were no Winter Wrens along the west coast, we did have a Pacific Wren in our immediate vicinity! Pacific Wren.
Ken Ivory is not the only politician trying to advance this agenda. We need to be wary of politicians like Republican Utah State Representative Ken Ivory who is also co-founder of an organization called the American Lands Council , created to advocate and lobby for the transfer of federal lands to states.
And, let me tell you, it was an amazing trip with gorgeous scenery, lots of cool mammals, and, of course, a whole big bunch of birds! This Pine Grosbeak was just one of the cool birds that came in to take advantage of the feeder. The birds weren’t high on the agenda while we were in Wyoming but I still managed to see some.
The three-day agenda combined information sharing, skills development, team workshops and fun, which I’m sure sounds pretty familiar. into similar “birds of a feather” groups. In InsideView’s case, we’d gone back and forth over the past few years between large scale/scope/budget/bold agenda and conservative/scaled back.
The words “early bird” do not activate the threat region of our brain. SMM: That ties directly to what you talk about in terms of the importance of balanced agendas. Do you feel too many offsites are cramming their agendas too full? We will not put ourselves in a position that feels threatening. It’s not a motivator.
If you do eBird , there’s a pretty good chance you were birding somewhere on May 13th. You may have birding from the window of your home, you may have been counting birds at a local wildlife refuge, you may have been counting birds on a feverish run from one end of a state to the next. instead of midnight.
The words “early bird” do not activate the threat region of our brain. SMM: That ties directly to what you talk about in terms of the importance of balanced agendas. Do you feel too many offsites are cramming their agendas too full? We will not put ourselves in a position that feels threatening. It’s not a motivator.
The words “early bird” do not activate the threat region of our brain. SMM: That ties directly to what you talk about in terms of the importance of balanced agendas. Do you feel too many offsites are cramming their agendas too full? We will not put ourselves in a position that feels threatening. It’s not a motivator.
A straight shot to my bird feeder. My yard is a birding hotspot. The feeder dangles from a clothesline between two pine trees, beckoning a range of bird varieties. Nothing was on my agenda for that afternoon. Crudely put, bird-watchers look at birds; birders look for them. The post Birding or Birdwatching?
My readers are already familiar with Beljarica Backwaters, as described in half a dozen posts here at 10,000 Birds. It all started well three decades ago, when I intensively birded the Danube Backwaters by kayak. The post Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
The Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus has been one of my favourite birds since I was little. The bright yellow shrivelled-up skin of the naked head is most repulsive…and yet it must be repeated few birds present a finer sight when on the wing… ”. Look at it close up and it does look grotesque.
Defenders of the gun club accused me of lying, of distorting facts, of being anti-hunting, of being an animal rights activist, of being allied with the dreaded Friends of Animals, of hiding my true agenda (gun control), and of being unconcerned that animal lovers were supposedly threatening members of the gun club with death.
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Name-calling and charges of agenda-promoting ensued. Those unable to fathom how one could celebrate a life by filling the skies with latex locked horns with those unable to fathom how any type of alternative could be suggested to a family during their time of loss. It’s over; the balloons all went up between 4:15 and 4:30 on a Monday.
The lack of people does not mean we have any less extinct or threatened bird species than other countries. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865.
Birding in Germany was okay during the first half of the year but essentially came to an end in June due to several issues, most significantly a move to a different appartment within Heidelberg. You can see my birding activities abroad and within Germany on the maps at the top of this post. 1, my best bird of the year… 10.
My agenda is to help to make the Ross Sea an international marine protected area. Also, for quarter of a century I have been canoeing the Danube backwaters inside Belgrade and collecting data about birds (most of it I have entered into the eBird). Yes, none of the above. Vote for me! But what do I stand for? What do I want to deliver?
And resistance to this anti-environmental agenda is essential if we want to keep our country, and our planet, safe for future generations. “On Wednesday morning, activists from Greenpeace unfurled a massive yellow and orange banner with the word ‘Resist’ on a tall crane behind the White House,” read the NPR story.
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