Originally posted on Feathered Focus:
Hey guys, welcome back. Flycatchers. They’re a source of frustration amongst birders. To some, sparrows all look the same and warblers can become confusing in fall, but even they all have visual clues that can help. And while many flycatchers can be ID’d by sight, there’s still just as many that typically can’t. In those cases, you need to rely… Continue reading Willow Flycatcher
Originally posted on Feathered Focus:
Hey guys, welcome back. Today is our next tanager; the summer tanager. The summer tanager is a bright red bird that lives in the southern half of the eastern US. Despite this, I have seen a few in New York City, which is slightly north of their range. They rarely visit northern Ohio, so I haven’t seen any here yet,… Continue reading Summer Tanager
Originally posted on Wickersham's Conscience:
Canon 1DX Mark III In April 2013, when WC left Olympus behind and bought a Canon 1DX, the camera had already been on the market about two years. But it was still the best camera Canon was offering, and WC was completely satisfied with the product. But over the course of the seven years that followed, camera technology improved… Continue reading Canon 1DX Mark III: A Bird Photographer’s Review
Originally posted on Wickersham's Conscience:
Gray-cheeked Nunlet, Darién Province, Panama If there are puffbirds called “Monklets” you should have known there would be puffbirds called “Nunlets.” In fact, there is a whole genus of them, Nonnula, in which there are at least six species. The Gray-cheeked Nunlet is the only one of the six which WC has been able to photograph to date. It’s a… Continue reading Return of Bird of the Week: Gray-cheeked Nunlet
Originally posted on Massachusetts Big Year Birding:
It was the first night of my week-long camping trip at Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary, and I was so excited that I struggled to fall asleep. I planned to get up around 5:00 in the morning and head straight to Race Point, where I expected to see dozens of shearwaters and other seabirds feeding close to shore. I woke… Continue reading Seawatching at Race Point
Originally posted on Birder's News:
Well I’m still doing most of my birding in my own backyard. I am very lucky that I have a lot of trees and a lake in my backyard, so I am able to see a few birds everyday. The other day I watched as a Great Blue Heron had caught a fish and was trying to eat it…… Continue reading Backyard Birds
Originally posted on Birder's News:
A couple of nights ago we heard the Barred Owl calling on the side of our house, then we heard another one answer the call on the other side of our house! So here I am, camera around my neck, binoculars in my hand listening to them call back and forth. My husband played their call on his phone… Continue reading Guess Who’s Back…
Originally posted on Birder's News:
Since I’ve been hanging around my house a lot lately like everyone else, I am trying to make the best of it by birding in my backyard… I don’t really expect to see any new species for the year, but I’m trying to really see what is around. Here are some photos of the birds that I’ve seen this… Continue reading A Few Backyard Birds…
Originally posted on Birder's News:
Back at the wildlife refuge I tried to get some photos of the birds that I saw. I did notice that there were a few birds that weren’t around at all… I never heard the Eastern Towhee, Northern Bobwhite, Prairie Warbler or Northern Parula. Usually I can’t be there for 15 minutes without hearing all of these birds. Now… Continue reading My Recent Bird Sightings…
Originally posted on Birder's News:
As you know I count bird species each year, because you never know if I’ll end up going to different areas and this could be my big year. Well, for the month of July, I managed to see none, zero, zip, new bird species! I didn’t really expect to see any, since this is the crap year from he**!… Continue reading July – 0, August – 1, So Far…
