Articles in: Bird Conservation
Midwest Crane Count – 2012
April 18, 2012 | No comment
Saturday, April 14th marked the annual Midwest Crane Count. We had our usual location; a privately-owned parcel of land known as Moody Marsh. The goal is to record as many Sandhill Cranes (and hypothetically, Whooping Cranes) from 5:30 AM to 7:30 AM. During this two hour window we listened intently to determine if there were [...]
Severson Dells Earth Day Program – California Condor Reintroduction
April 12, 2012 | No comment
The Severson Dells Nature Center located in Rockford, Illinois is hosting a presentation on California Condor reintroduction to celebrate Earth Day. Time TBA at Rock Valley College in Rockford. Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 21 (time to be announced 11:00-3:00pm Rock Valley College) California Condor Reintroduction; An Avian Study on the N.W. Coast Presented by [...]
Severson Dells Program – Monitoring Raptors on the Washington Coast
March 29, 2012 | No comment
The Severson Dells Nature Center located in Rockford, Illinois is hosting a presentation on Washington coast raptors. If you are going to be in the area we encourage you to attend! The program is FREE but you must make a reservation. From Severson Dells Nature Center: Monitoring Raptors on the Washington Coast Friday, April 20, [...]
Save the Biodiversity of Samoa
March 2, 2012 | 1 comment
We are passing along this information from an email from Rebecca Stirnemann. Help save the biodiversity of Samoa, specifically the Mao and Manumea, two highly endangered birds. You can help support this project directly with donations by going here. Ma’oma’o (Gymnomyza samoensis) or Mao Photo by Rebecca Stirnemann at www.samoanbirds.com From Samoanbirds.com: The tropical rainforest [...]
Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary
February 13, 2012 | 2 comments
The Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary located in Indian Shores, Florida is the “largest wild bird hospital in the U.S” and also one of the coolest places we’ve ever been to see birds! We were greeted immediately by a super nice woman and this (wild) Black-crowned Night-heron Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary admits some 8,000 birds each year and [...]
Rock Cut State Park Christmas Bird Count Year 4 – Final Results
January 5, 2012 | 1 comment
We have completed collecting data from our field teams for the 4th Rock Cut State Park Christmas Bird Count. Here are the results. Part of our group of Birdfreaks The first three years: Year 1 – 47 species, 11,952 birds Year 2 – 44 species, 3,637 birds Year 3 – 32 species, 1,072 birds Year [...]
Fourth Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count – Initial Report
January 2, 2012 | No comment
For the fourth year now the Birdfreak Team has run the Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count. We started the count in 2008 and each year we have attempted to refine where we send counting parties. Downy Woodpecker The Birdfreak Team took a couple good-sized preserves and also checked Rock Cut State Park briefly (to assist [...]
DeKalb, Illinois Christmas Bird Count
December 20, 2011 | No comment
For the first year we did a Christmas Bird Count for DeKalb County (Stacia and I had moved to the county in May). The weather was pleasant and the previous night we had received our first “real” snow of the season. So the trails were snow-covered but made it easier to hear birds calling. Unfortunately, [...]
