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Common Mergansers or Goosanders Frolicking on Clear Creek

By Larry - December 7 2011 06:00 PM - 6 Comments
Common Mergansers or Goosanders Frolicking on Clear Creek Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) photos by Larry Jordan (click to enlarge)The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser americanus) or Goosander (Mergus merganser merganser) as it’s known in Europe, is a large, cold-hardy, fish-eating duck that nests worldwide ...
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Where are the Shore Plovers going?

By Corey - December 7 2011 04:02 PM - 4 Comments
Where are the Shore Plovers going? Shore Plovers, a critically endangered species from New Zealand, have been reintroduced to several small islands off of New Zealand that were cleared of predators.  A flock of about twenty ...
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Laysan Albatrosses

By Duncan - December 7 2011 12:01 PM - 8 Comments
Laysan Albatrosses While I often tease Corey about how many albatrosses we have down here in New Zealand, the fact is that the United States has three species of Albatross that breed ...
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Birds Eating Christmas Lights?

By Corey - December 6 2011 09:36 PM - 6 Comments
Birds Eating Christmas Lights? Starlings are taking the blame for missing lights from a Christmas star in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.  Apparently, they are eating them:The Christmas landmark that sits atop the county courthouse has become ...
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Extreme Digiscoping: Flashing Little Owls

By Dale Forbes - December 6 2011 06:07 PM - 8 Comments
Extreme Digiscoping: Flashing Little Owls The image that made me look hardest in this year’s Digiscoper of the Year 2011 competition was that of a Little Owl (Athene noctua) by Mario Cea taken at night! ...
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Serial (Bird) Killer On the Loose in Concord, California

By Corey - December 6 2011 03:56 PM - 7 Comments
Serial (Bird) Killer On the Loose in Concord, California Who would spend their spare time killing ducks and geese with a pellet gun?  Some sicko in Concord, California, apparently.  Twenty-eight birds have been found dead in several local parks ...
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Birding Technology – The New Citizen Science

By James - December 6 2011 12:00 PM - 5 Comments
Birding Technology – The New Citizen Science Birding has come a long way since I was a nipper! Advances in optics, field guides, internet resources and now, apps, mean that there really is no excuse to be ...
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Lead Bullets Still Killing Condors

By Corey - December 5 2011 09:05 PM - 3 Comments
Lead Bullets Still Killing Condors Hey, hunters!  I don’t care how many duck stamps you buy, if you are still hunting with lead you are not a conservationist.  End of story.a
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Snow Birds

By Corey - December 5 2011 04:08 PM - 1 Comments
Snow Birds In December in the northeastern United States you expect snow.  In New York City so far this year we have only had a dusting from the Halloween storm that wreaked ...
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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of December 2011)

By Mike - December 5 2011 02:12 PM - 2 Comments
Best Bird of the Weekend (First of December 2011) Don’t you just love sharing your best bird of the weekend with people that actually appreciate exciting sightings? Precious few are fortunate enough to work in an office where avian ...
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