This is where I’ll be next week.
From the American Birding Association Blog: Crazy female burrowing owl does 2 broods–1100 miles apart!
Oklahoma should really look at the lesser prairie-chicken as an economic opportunity, not an economic bust. There’s a lesser prairie-chicken festival–Leks, Treks and More!
It’s hawk migration time–find a Hawk Count near you!
Big Year news–lots of discussion about below:
A Swainson’s hawk in the snow?
WildBird magazine makes an appearance in the movie!
Jim Parsons is supposed to play a bird blogger. Who is he? Have you ever seen a bird blogger in a beret?
Also Greg Miller (played by Jack Black in the film) has his own blog…and his own line of shirts:
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I’ve been Hawkwatching only a couple times…actually I was watching others hawkwatch and kinda looked at a few of those long distance dots NBB was talking about. This was on Lucky Peak, a mountain on the east side of Boise Idaho, the main study location of the Idaho Bird Observatory. I was blown away at the ability of the watchers to identify all the different birds of prey at such a distance. My kids didn’t appreciate it like I did because they couldn’t see the birds up really close. Now had they gone with me the second time, when I got to help catch and band hawks, that would have been more appealing to them. The IBO also bands song birds there and kids get a real kick out of seeing the birds up close and being able to release the birds from their own tiny hands.
Have fun in Berkley Springs, Sharon! Liam McGranaghan is my cousin-in-law.
Say hi for me, lol.