July 2009 - BirdWatching Field of View
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"Chuck, as soon as you get home, you'll want to go back." That's what a friend of mine, an experienced world birder, told me back in 2006. I had asked him what I might expect during an upcoming 10-day birding and wildlife safari to southwestern...
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The number of bird species in the world has just grown by one with today's announcement of a newly discovered songbird in Laos. The twist on this already intriguing news is that the bird is bald — a trait rarely seen in songbirds. Scientists named...
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It’s not a simple task to snap a photo of a Baltimore Oriole perched perfectly among hawthorn blossoms. To make the picture that appears on our August issue cover (right), Bill Leaman set out orange halves at Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge in northern...
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Location: Estabrook Park , Milwaukee Co., WI Observation date: 7/26/09, 7:50-10:55 a.m. Weather: 64.4°F rising to 70°F, overcast, winds WNW @ 11.5 mph with gusts up to 17 mph Number of species: 29 Take it from me, you will never look at birds alone in...
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Congratulations to Angela Lyons of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania! She won a $200 gift certificate to http://www.bigpockets.com/ in our recent BirdersWorld.com registration sweepstakes. Those of you who registered or re-registered before April 18, 2009...
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Location: Estabrook Park Observation date: 7/18/09, 7:20-10:45 a.m. Weather: 55°F rising to 63°F, mostly cloudy, wind W-WNW @ 8-11 mph. Number of species: 36 People will tell you that birdwatching loses its luster in the in-between months after the spring...
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Ten days ago, we learned that one of this summer's two wild-hatched Whooping Crane chicks in Wisconsin had died. Now, the second chick appears to have died. According to the Whooping Crane tracking and monitoring team, the chick, which was hatched...
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A new report released today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows one of every five Americans watches birds, and in doing so, birdwatchers contributed $36 billion to the U.S. economy in 2006, the most recent year for which economic data are available...
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A Whooping Crane chick that hatched at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin last month has died. Richard Urbanek, the federal biologist who tracks the birds, says the last time he saw the chick was at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 28. He...
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Location: Estabrook Park Observation date: 7/4/09, 7:30-10 a.m. Weather: 68°F, cloudy, wind WSW @ 6 mph Number of species: 33 What could be nicer than a walk in the park on the Fourth of July? Yesterday was notable for two reasons. First, I added a bird...
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I remember that when I first brought home the log feeder and the bark butter, the members of my family didn't know quite what to think. Neither the feeder nor the food looked like anything I'd ever tried in the backyard before. The feeder, called...
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