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Alarm as pesticides spur rapid decline of US bird species

Alarm as pesticides spur rapid decline of US bird species

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Popular pesticides are causing bird species to decline at an alarming rate in the US, adding fuel to a 50-year downward trend in bird biodiversity, a new report has found. In addition to spray-on pesticides, farmers are widely using chemicals that coat seeds. These pesticides, called neonicotinoids or neonics, deter insects as the seeds sprout […]

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Birding By The Sea

Birding By The Sea

March 6, 2018December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey Leave a comment

Well, this is not actually a post about birding by the sea, but birding by the Long Island Sound at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Images in this post are from a trip to Hammonasset in mid-January when I met world eBirders Julie Hart and Daniel Schlaepfer with four additional visits in February. Julie was kind […]

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A Bird Sanctuary In Killingworth, CT Pt. II

A Bird Sanctuary In Killingworth, CT Pt. II

July 4, 2017December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey 1 Comment

It was fairly quickly learned that the feeders used to attract wildlife didn’t entice just the birds. In mid-winter as the squirrels appeared to become more numerous, they became destructive and a disturbance to the winged creatures. Eastern Bluebirds briefly investigated a pair of bird houses that had been hung for them but the squirrels […]

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Brrrrrrrr! But a Lesser Yellowlegs

Brrrrrrrr! But a Lesser Yellowlegs

May 3, 2017December 23, 2019 Laura Erickson 1 Comment

What a frigid morning! But if we were cold, the birds seemed even colder. We had something of a fall-out at Park Point—I’m sure our numbers for most of the songbirds are way lower than the actual numbers. We had a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs (the most we saw as a group was one, but […]

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Weird Genetics: White-throated Sparrow

Weird Genetics: White-throated Sparrow

December 8, 2016December 23, 2019 Laura Erickson Leave a comment

The White-throated Sparrow is one of my all-time favorite birds. I saw and heard my first on April 12, 1975, when I was a brand-new birder. I was in Virginia for an environmental education conference right when White-throats were in full migration down there. Within a week or so, they were up in Michigan where […]

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Savoring a Slow Spring

Savoring a Slow Spring

May 4, 2016December 23, 2019 Laura Erickson Leave a comment

The first time I ever noticed my aspen tree in full bud, back in early May in 1982, at least one Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Yellow-rumped Warbler could be seen in its branches just about every time I looked. That has been one absolute constant I can count on no matter how spring unfolds […]

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Spring Preview

Spring Preview

March 29, 2016December 23, 2019 Julie Feinstein 2 Comments

Spring is a week away and the signs of the season are everywhere. Crocuses are blooming all over New York City. The cardinals seem suddenly more active and vocal. Same for the blue jays. They seem busy and preoccupied. I’ve been able to get close enough to photograph them, which is unusual. The bees are […]

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Clay-colored Sparrow on Canal St, 12/8/2015

Clay-colored Sparrow on Canal St, 12/8/2015

December 22, 2015December 23, 2019 Scott Simmons Leave a comment

On Dec 8, I found one of my nemesis birds for Seminole County: a Clay-colored Sparrow (White-throated Sparrow, Western Kingbird, and Yellow-breasted Chat are next on my list). I’ve been trying to find one here for years. It’s been hanging out here for about a week now, so I’m hopeful that it might winter here […]

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