Wild Birds and Birdwatching

(TrendHunter.com) Eye2Eye is the name given to a wearable helmet that lets wearers appreciate nature and see hummingbirds eye to eye as they feed from a reservoir built into the face shield. Available online for about…  

The snow and cold is bringing more bald eagles to the Merrimack River and Plum Island area. Snowy owls are finding their way to Plum Island. But you don't have to venture out to enjoy the excitement of cool birds. The snow cover has brought birds flocking to feeders. You can sit in the comfort of your home and enjoy beautiful birds and, often, some drama and excitement as well. I thought that I would share, again, some tales of backyard bird...  

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – “Excellent” and “unbelievable” are how two international birdwatching tour leaders summed up their recent trips to Guyana. Tim Earl, a Principal Leader for the UK-based tour operator The Travelling Naturalist, and Bob Schutsky of Bird Treks both reported their clients were very pleased.  

Hang around a flock of veteran birders long enough, and you'll see they know more than birds. They also really know their glass. Few bird watchers in the Sacramento region know more about birds – and the glass to view them – than Ed Harper, who has been birding since age 6. He shared his tips on choosing binoculars, and his help comes in handy at this time of year when sandhill cranes and so many other migratory birds visit the...  

QUOTE OUTDOORS: Bird-feeding mayhemBy AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails2009-12-29 14:00:00Intelligencer JournalLancaster New EraAlmost anyone with a backyard bird feeder has been a witness.You're staring out your window, admiring a variety of birds alighting, grab a seed and hang for a few moments, then fly off. Then they're back again.Then, whoosh, a streak dive bombs, talons snaring a helpless songbird.Birds scatter in terror. There are feathers...  

Have you put out a feeder for the goldfinches? The small, olive-drab birds are winter visitors to North Texas backyard bird-feeding stations, and local sightings have been reported for about the past three weeks. FILE/Staff photo American goldfinches ...  

Multiple bird feeders each filled with a different type of seed will bring a multitude of birds to the backyard. These individual seeds and wild bird seed mixes can be purchased at most grocery stores, discount stores, pet centers or wild bird centers.Contributor: Barbara VolkovPublished: Nov 28, 2009  

EDMOND — The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Winter Bird Feeder Survey starts Jan. 7 and gives wildlife enthusiasts and their families an exciting way to kick off the New Year. Attracting birds and maintaining backyard feeders for ...  

I've talked about the lack of birds at bird feeders the past few months. That seemed to be the norm everywhere, while a few customers told me of their abundance of birds. I can't explain the latter, but the mild weather and the abundance of natural fruit, seeds and nuts have kept birds foraging for food elsewhere.  

We have a very active Naturalists club in Princeton which sponsors conservation projects such as Swan Lake, field trips, and many others. I like to read their newspaper reports telling about what they observe on the field trips as often birds are described. Seeing birds in their natural surroundings is exciting, interesting, and rewarding to me and tens of thousands of others in Beautiful BC.  

(TrendHunter.com) This nesting box by Kateryna Sokolova is made from pieces of a reclaimed log, and is meant to be a nature-inspired place for birds to lay their eggs. We've seen birdhouses in nearly every form and fashion,…  

From Backyards to Backwoods: Bird feeders are source of nutrition for winter birdsPark Rapids EnterpriseOur bird feeders are going to be their main source of nutrition for many weeks to come. Birds can pick up bacteria from unclean feeders, mold from old, ...and more »  

Bird-feeders, hung in many a garden, can affect the way our feathered friends evolve, say scientists. European birds called blackcaps follow a different "evolutionary path" if they spend the winter eating food put out for them in UK gardens. The birds'  

Thousands of robins, one of the UK's favourite winter birds, are facing being illegally killed this Christmas. Many of them escape the freezing cold to spend the winter on Cyprus. But once there, hundreds of thousands of songbirds such as the robin ...  

We usually think of evolution as something that happens over eons, in remote places where people rarely venture. Not something that happens around the backyard birdfeeder in just a few decades. But a study in the journal Current Biology suggests that feeding birds in winter can influence their course of evolution. [More]