Bird Photography Weekly #92
Updated: 2010-05-30 06:39:10
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Bird songs is perceived as loud and soft, high and low. Pressure pushes molecules of air to create the wide variety of sounds we hear.
This Ovenbird (a wood-warbler) was taken in our city backyard. By adding brush piles and a dripping water source to our spacious, semi-wooded yard, we get a ton of warblers and other migrants each spring and fall.
As a sandpiper, they’re different. With little webbed feet, phalaropes swim, spin, and dab at the water surface chasing down little insects and crustaceans.
As birds, they are different in another interesting way. Reversing the role of the sexes, phalarope females are the more colorful sex. Males are smaller, and have the responsibility of incubating the [...]
The Ohio Young Birders Club had a May field trip May 15th at Magee Marsh during the Biggest Week in American Birding. There was a wide range of new and experienced young birders and they were a joy to be around.
Yellow Warblers: easy to find and great for showing new birders
I was much impressed [...]
Bird Cam's take bird watching to the next level. This simple device allows enthusiasts to watch everything that happens in the back yard birdhouse.
Need a gift for that special bird watching someone? This list gives a few ideas that any bird watcher would appreciate unwrapping.
A grebe from Madagascar has become extinct after carnivorous fish were
introduced to the lakes where it lived, experts said as they warned an
eighth of bird species now faced extinction.
This article presents guidelines for attracting birds to the garden throughout the year by establishing bird habitat and feeding routines.
I grew up with the luxury of frequent visits to the Sand Bluff Bird Observatory (SBBO), a large banding station in North Central Illinois. I learned about the banding process and how to properly hold, band and release birds.
Lee Johnson: Master Bander and founder of the SBBO
Not everyone has been fortunate enough to see [...]
In June of 2009 I had barely known Stacia for a month and was invited to accompany her for the annual Relay for Life in Sycamore, Illinois. One of her friends, Keri, had lost her best friend, Mike to cancer. He was only 26.
I attended the event not knowing what to expect other than a [...]
Some of the World's most fascinating birds flock to the Florida Keys.
Songbird populations are down significantly. There are ways that we can all contribute to reversing this ominous trend.
Last weekend, some 70 teams competed in the 27th annual World Series of Birding, including Team Sapsucker and Team Redhead from the Cornell Lab. It was a phenomenal—and phenomenally long—day of birding that began (for the Sapsuckers) with a Barred Owl at midnight and didn’t let up until a reluctant Black Rail called out at [...]
There are many different species of American tits, small birds with similar habits, that are found across the United States.
Least Flycatcher at Montrose in Chicago’s Lincoln Park.
This was taken near the Magee Marsh Boardwalk in Ohio. Kenn Kaufman is not only a supreme expert birder but is one of the friendliest birders to be around. He treats all birders young and old, expert or novice with the utmost respect and kindness.
This was the second time I met Kenn. The first time [...]
There are seven different species of chickadees in the United States. Very common backyard birds, these tits have adapted to numerous environments.
I finally had an opportunity to bird the popular migrant trap in Chicago known as Montrose. Operated by the Chicago Park District and part of Lincoln Park, Montrose is a mixture of habitats adjacent to the Lake Michigan. The park has grown from the famous “Magic Hedge” to a rather large area of trees, shrubs, [...]
The top bird of my first trip to Magee Marsh (Ohio) had to be the Northern Parula. I’ve seen this warbler several times before but usually in locations that required me to bend my neck well beyond its normal angle of comfort.
We had spotted one in between clusters of birders and I got a few [...]
Stacia and I finally got a chance to hit the boardwalk at Magee Marsh and scour the vegetation for migrants. Of course, like the hundreds of birders also traversing the wooden planks, we were hoping to find lots of warblers. And I was hoping to take a lot of photos. We were successful on both [...]
On our recent trip to Magee Marsh for the Biggest Week in American Birding we stopped by a demonstration of rehabilitated raptors. Back to the Wild, a rehabilitation center located in Castalia, Ohio had several birds but the owls stole the show. Not surprising because OWLS ARE SO COOL!!
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Great Horned [...]
Our (Stacia, Birdfreak, and Bella Nova) first full day visiting Jennie and Dakota we headed up to Lake Erie to get acquainted with the area, see some birds, and hang out by the lake. We first registered at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) for the Biggest Week in American Birding before getting started finding [...]
Twenty years ago, a group of agencies, conservation organizations, academics, industry, and private individuals formed Partners in Flight. Their goal was to cooperate across states and provinces, across the continent, and across three languages, to protect birds in all the places they spend their lives. It was a formal recognition that North America is stitched [...]
Scout Week is the frantic 7 days before the World Series of Birding, when teams hurry to pin down the locations of some 230 bird species within the state of New Jersey, figure out a route that links them all, and then attempt to drive the route flawlessly in less than 24 hours. Nerves are [...]
A few days spent in a variety of habitats in southern Nevada can yield big results. Where to bird and what to see around Laughlin, Henderson, and Vegas.
Two days ago, the folks at eBird put out a call-to-action to birders who live near the Gulf Coast and want to help with the oil spill response. Today eBird launched a Google gadget that anyone can use on their website, blog, or Google homepage to explore recent sightings of 10 vulnerable species along the [...]
I was standing in the Lab parking lot looking at a Rose-breasted Grosbeak when I got a text message from Alex, our lead Web designer. All it said was “We won a Webby!“ And that was how I found out, surrounded by spring birds and feeling as exuberant as the black, white, and pink bird [...]
To kick off the month of May and all its glorious migrating birds I birded Saturday morning (May 1st) with Tim Young, my closest friend since 2nd grade. We hit up two forest preserves in Winnebago County and were pleased to find several great birds.
The biggest highlights for photography purposes were a Blue-winged Warbler (who [...]
A suburban park is one of Southeast Arizona's premier birding sites. Birding is excellent year-round, but wildflowers are an added treat in springtime.
We’re now just under two weeks away from this year’s World Series of Birding—to be held May 15, 2010 in Cape May, New Jersey. It’s a 24-hour birdathon involving some 70 teams in a race to see the most species of birds. Once again, the Lab is entering two teams* both sponsored by Swarovski Optik: [...]