Birding And Wild Birds

To celebrate the publication of the 2010 edition of SoFo's 'Winter Birding by Car', Jim Ash, compiler and editor of this useful map and bird guide, will lead a birding by car expedition from Southampton to Shinnecock. Winter Birding by Car was designed by SoFo as a tool to be used by birders who choose not to leave their cars because of cold or inclement weather, or for those with a physical disability who find it difficult to bird on foot...  

Director of Science Ed Johnson hosts bird walks to explore the fall's south-bound migration. Bring binoculars and field guides to search for sparrows and warbler in the dunes and waterfowl in the bay. For more information and to register, call 718...  

You may only be four years old, but get it right. It's a coot, not a duck My pedantry and passion for taxonomy has inadvertently inspired my two nephews to become junior birdwatchers Duck, not coot. Photograph: It all started because I am so pedantic,  

Too often birders only pay attention to local or regional birds, forgetting that there are more than 10,000 bird species in the world. Maj. Randel Rogers of the Ohio Army National Guard will bring international birds to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in northern Ohio with his presentation "Birding from the Trenches" at 2 p.m. Dec. 13, according to The News-Messenger. While stationed at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, Rogers saw more than 120...  

Joe Giunta is one of SoFo's most engaging birding teachers and this foray is one of his most popular. The evening starts with a brief slide show and taped calls to acquaint you with our native owls. Then Joe will take you into the woods to call owls in for actual sightings. There is a good possiblility that you will see an Eastern Screech Owl and maybe even a Great Horned Owl, whose courtship period begins at this time of year. This walk...  

Yesterday BirdsEye, a new birding application, was released into the iTunes App Store. To date, mobile applications for birding have focused on the problem of bird identification in the field. Mobile apps have some advantages over traditional field guides as they can incorporate media such as audio, video, or extra photographs beyond what would fit on a printed page, all in a package much smaller than most books. A few apps already do this...  

the home of birding Birdwatch is the home of birding. An independent magazine established in 1992 by birders for birders, it has grown to become the leading monthly news and features magazine at the enthusiast end of the market … (about 1/2). Homepage; News; Events; Galleries; Guides; Features; Competitions; Newsletter; Links; Address: Birdwatch, The Chocolate Factory, 5 Clarendon Road, [...]  

Birdwatchers have to be among the easiest people to shop for at holiday time. My friends all want the latest feeders, reference guides, technology and more. And with the popularity of birding skyrocketing, the marketplace is full of products to satisfy every need -- from $5 in bird food to guided birding tours across the globe.  

While in rural parts of New Jersey or the Delmarva Peninsula I have occasionally seen large starling flocks, numbering perhaps in the low thousands. I always find these flocks impressive, especially when they take off. But I have never seen a flock like this one.[From LiveLeak via HuffPo]Posted on A DC Birding Blog under a Creative Commons 3.0 License.  

HARLINGEN — Hundreds of people clothed in various shades of brown and green gathered outside Casa de Amistad before the sun came up Thursday, ready to disperse among 10 buses that would drive them straight into the heart of the South Texas birding...  

Early-morning birding at Hofwyl-Broadfield site Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site will host a birding outing at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 at the park, off U.S. 17 near the Glynn-McIntosh county line. Ranger Andy Beckman will lead the outing at the antebellum rice plantation and the adjacent Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area impoundments.read more  

ARROYO CITY — The sounds of fish splashing were orchestrated with a dozen clicking cameras. The hum from the vessel’s motor ceased.Someone yelled, “Three o’clock.”A man holding a microphone asked to have the boat stopped after spotting this...  

The annual Cape Cod Lake and Pond Waterfowl Survey will take place on December 6 and birding volunteers are needed to help record the different ducks, geese and waterfowl in the region, according to the Cape Cod Times. The survey will cover 12 sites during the day, ranging from Woodneck Beach to Childs River, and the event is expected to take approximately six hours. Hooded mergansers, ring-necked ducks, great blue herons and other bird...  

At present I am not getting the opportunity to get out and about for one reason or another. This factor coupled with the blog approaching one year old made me decide to delve into some older material I had before the blog started. The piece below was ...  

We're a group of birding friends from Britain and America who decided to team up on an international birding website. Bringing the best in birding from both sides of the Atlantic and further afield onto one website, we hope to have created something ...