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In May, I had the honor of being appointed to the newly formed Water Policy Council by Governor Katie Hobbs. The Governor gave her Water Policy...
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Reviews Birds of the Northern Forest An homage November 29, 2023 by Aleksandar No Comments Ever since I was a kid I wanted to learn how to draw , but alas I never made it past the stickman . More precisely I wanted to learn how to draw wildlife . I guess itâ s a gift you either have or you donâ t . Donâ t get me wrong , I donâ t in any way mean to belittle the importance of hard work but I do think that a certain amount of that âmagical powderâ as an ingredient is absolutely essential . nbsp My brother on the other hand has the gift . I could watch for hours as he made drawings just from his mind . It was marvellous . I was never jealous of him , in fact
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the leading bird conservation organization in the Americas, the National Audubon Society will join world leaders at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) to call for a...During 2023 Audubon worked tirelessly to "bend the bird curve," starting with its launch of Flight Plan, Audubon's new five-year plan to protect birds and their habitats across the hemisphere. But...
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birding the Garden City of Georgetown November 22, 2023 by Faraaz Abdool No Comments Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown , a quaint , sprawling network of roads and waterways is a regulated introduction to the country’s 800+ species of birds . After several years of planning and failed attempts to make the short flight across to the Land of Many Waters , all the stars finally aligned a few weeks ago and we began our birding baptism in the botanical gardens within city limits . Fresh off the plane and still attempting to scarf down lunch , I was forced to hurriedly wipe my hands and grab my camera as I spotted a small , black and white bird among the
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding The Snow Partridge November 20, 2023 by Kai Pflug No Comments eBird calls the Snow Partridge a stone-colored terrestrial bird of stony hillsides , mountain ridges , and meadows above treeline” and in fact , it is impressive how well the bird fits in with its surroundings , at least when I saw it at about 4000 meters of altitude at the Balangshan . pass Presumably , the bird I saw was a male given that it has a spur , and the bill is coral-red females apparently do not have spurs , and the bill is pinkish or greyish-pink , according to the HBW Another indicator was the call , which unfortunately I did not manage to capture in this video But maybe you can
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birding Heligoland in Late September November 18, 2023 by Luca No Comments Volunteering on Heligoland for a month allowed me to get a sense of changing migration patterns in autumn . The first half of September covered in my previous post was very productive , but the second half delivered some even better . birding An example of the changes over this time were the initially large numbers of Whinchats These birds were omnipresent on the bushes and fence posts on the upper land of the island during the first weeks of my stay . Virtually overnight , the Whinchats had disappeared and were replaced by European Stonechats adopting the same positions on.dropcap {
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As climate change makes species’ historical ranges uninhabitable, translocating them—or removing obstacles so that they can move themselves—may be their...As a young art student, Phyllis Shafer had been told that painting outdoors, or en plein air, wasn’t for real artists; only hobbyists set up an easel pondside on a Sunday afternoon. So she stayed...**Este artículo se puede encontrar en español.**
After receiving funding from two federal grants plus corporate philanthropy, the Cocopah Indian Tribe will embark on restoration of a significant...
, Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Necessities aside , what do you carry with you on a field trip November 16, 2023 by Dragan 1 Comment Some years ago , I was doing research of waterbird migrations with a young ornithologist friend of mine . A knowledgeable birder and great company , he was able to forget just about everything . On several occasions , he lost some screws and minor parts of my tripod en route he couldnâ t believe that and even accused me of deliberately hiding the screws on others , he forgot to take his binoculars with him âWhy does it matter , youâ ve brought the scope , havenâ t you â More than once , Iâ ve suggested to him that he puts a checklist on hisOne December while home in Pennsylvania for the holidays, ornithologist David Yeany II heard an Evening Grosbeak’s buzzy chirp. Hoping to enliven the yard with the bird’s cheerful chatter and...This fall as the Tufted Puffins migrated west to their winter feeding grounds on open water, a focused conservation effort took flight on land. In partnership with Friends of Haystack Rock, Audubon...Domesticated turkeys are an American tradition that goes back much further than any Plymouth Thanksgiving. Dating back more than 2,000 years, the handsome ground birds were raised as a staple of...Known for its bear-viewing and its bar—where patrons receive a certificate for downing a high-octane mystery shot—Hyder, Alaska, is also an unheralded gem for birders. On a good day a visitor...Each summer and fall, as orange-tinged smoke fills skies around Los Angeles, questions of concern flood Olivia Sanderfoot’s inbox: Why are birds so quiet? Do they need birdbaths? How can I...In Mexico City, Oma Villagómez de Olivares shared with her family that if she could ever come back to the world after her death, she would reincarnate as un colibrí, a hummingbird. Two generations...The province of Ontario is a beautiful place. It has Great Lakes, the city of Toronto, 213 million acres of Boreal Forest, and 20% of the world’s freshwater in its more than 250,000 lakes and...Birds are everywhere at the school in Cañaveral, Colombia. Their songs fill the air. Their nests perch in flowerpots. And each Tuesday every classroom celebrates birds, from the short tales children...
On a sunny september day in New Mexico, officials celebrated what developers call the country’s largest-ever renewable energy project. The groundbreaking for SunZia’s twin 550-mile electric...