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WE EACH WATCH FOR BIRDS IN OUR YARD OR PATCHES — HOWEVER, AND HOW MANY, YOU WISH TO DEFINE THAT TO BE — AND KEEP A LIST OF THEM TO SHARE EACH MONTH IN THE BIRD RACE DIARY IN ...
by 2n10
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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One good thing about traveling as a birder—is getting away from the normal habitat you’re used to. Different hills, fields, streets, and parks can bring out a variety of birds you’re not used ...
by Senor Unoball
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on Sun Apr 07, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an event that occurs every year over the President’s Day weekend in February. The main sponsors are� the Cornell Lab, Audubon,�Birds Canada, and Wild Birds ...
by BrownsBay
173 comments
on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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WE EACH WATCH FOR BIRDS IN OUR YARD OR PATCHES — HOWEVER, AND HOW MANY, YOU WISH TO DEFINE THAT TO BE — AND KEEP A LIST OF THEM TO SHARE EACH MONTH IN THE BIRD RACE DIARY IN ...
by 2n10
125 comments
on Sat Mar 16, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
This week we’re planning to go to the� Sacramento Wildlife Refuge . We explored it several years ago and in keeping with our post-pandemic intentions to “do ...
by side pocket
119 comments
on Sun Feb 18, 2024 at 05:30 PM PST
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WE EACH WATCH FOR BIRDS IN OUR YARD OR PATCHES — HOWEVER, AND HOW MANY, YOU WISH TO DEFINE THAT TO BE — AND KEEP A LIST OF THEM TO SHARE EACH MONTH IN THE BIRD RACE DIARY IN ...
by 2n10
111 comments
on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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It was so-o-o-o tempting to title this something like “Whooping It Up”. In early February, I joined an Earthwatch trip to study Whooping Cranes at Aransas NWR, which is on the Texas coast about 45 minutes north of Corpus Christi. We spent five days...
by lineatus
120 comments
on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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Post your best owl pics! This little guy is a Western Screech Owl. This bird is a regular at the Albuquerque Poblamos Open Space area, and his box is in the NE corner of the area. He’s used to people peering at him and will sit calmly as long as you...
by BrushyCanyon
49 comments
on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 07:16 AM PST
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House finches have a not undeserved reputation for being aggressive to other birds. Unlike most of the other visitors to our feeder they will stay on it and eat seed after seed. While they know their business, so to speak, I’m not sure this is the...
by backwoodsbob
19 comments
on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 07:11 AM PST
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I caught one of “our” tufted titmice eating a sunflower seed. This is a stop-frame video with somewhat lame music (feel free to ignore — it’s from Adobe’s free stock clips). One of the difficulties with capturing these little birds is their speed. By...
by backwoodsbob
31 comments
on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 12:07 PM PST
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My town of Edmonds, Washington, sits perched on the eastern shore of Puget Sound, the “Sound” being part of the greater Salish Sea. Across the Sound, in view, is the Kitsap Peninsula. Beyond, ...
by BrownsBay
142 comments
on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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So yesterday was a “severe clear” day in NM, so Ms Canyon and I made a unscheduled trip down to the BdelA. The biggest attraction there these days are the thousands of Sandhill Cranes, Canada Geese, Cackling Geese, and Snow Geese but there are so many...
by BrushyCanyon
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 10:52 AM PST
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I hadn’t known this until I caught it on camera, somewhat accidentally, but nuthatches cache seeds for eating later. I’m not the first, by a long shot, to observe this and many small birds — like chickadees and woodpeckers — will do the same. Still, it...
by backwoodsbob
14 comments
on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 12:44 PM PST
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Sprague’s Pond is smallish water body in a suburban setting. The pond covers an area of about 2.5 acres. On the pond’s northwestern side is a mini park with playground and a grassy area. Two ...
by BrownsBay
136 comments
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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The Edmonds Fishing Pier is a bustling place this time of year. The circus has arrived in town. The winter migrants have come to play. We’re here for it. The circus performers�included�Surf Scoters,
by BrownsBay
75 comments
on Thu Jan 04, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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Ethiopia. The Mother of Africa. The only African country never to be colonized. The land of the Queen of Sheba. The place where humanity began. It’s a country with a long, fascinating cultural history but a lot of unfortunate recent history (famine, a...
by laniusX
105 comments
on Sun Jan 28, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a citizen science project that I’ve participated in for over 10 years. Our local CBC is organized by the Pilchuck Audubon Society . What is the ...
by BrownsBay
141 comments
on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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The Edmonds fishing pier gets you right out into Puget Sound to get closer to birds that you’d ordinarily need a spotting scope to see and confirm identity. Since I live in Edmonds, I’m usually ...
by BrownsBay
111 comments
on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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The atmospheric river had already dropped over 3 inches of rain on southwestern Snohomish County over a span of 48 hours. Streamed directly from the tropics over a thousand miles away like a water ...
by BrownsBay
125 comments
on Mon Dec 11, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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This is the last of my three part series covering several natural areas I recently visited in the Bay Area; South Bay as it were, southern San Francisco Bay.
Part I —�Don Edwards San Francisco ...
by BrownsBay
52 comments
on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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