Birding

We love to travel to find new birds and participate in a lot of bird counts. We also created a Guide to Birding Field Guides and host a collection of over 300 birding links from all over the globe.

Conservation

While our main focus continues to be birds, we are working to promote other areas of conservation. Conserving land not only benefits wildlife, but is hugely beneficial to people as well.

Outdoors

We love all sorts of outdoor activities, especially hiking and spend a lot of time outside with dogs and horses. We are working to produce more articles on all sorts of outdoor fun!

Photography

Every week we bring you Bird Photography Weekly. We periodically talk about our adventures in digiscoping. Feel free to browse our photo lifelist.

The Amazing Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

August 25, 2011
Article in: Birding

I love sites that collect groups of goodness, especially videos and imagery. I was directed to a website through a friend that is absolutely amazing called ARKive. It is a collection of images and videos using some of the best photographers and videographers of nature.

Wildlife films and photos are vital weapons in the battle to save the world’s endangered species from the brink of extinction.
So with the help of the world’s best filmmakers, photographers, conservationists and scientists, ARKive is creating the ultimate multimedia guide to the world’s endangered animals, plants and fungi. -ARKive – Images of Life on Earth

This video from the BBC Motion Gallery captures the Osprey fishing underwater. It is truely an amazing, rare look into the daily life of the Osprey. Please take a moment to check this video out – it is STUNNING.

(Click the image to see the video)
ARKive video - Osprey - overview

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Rhode Island Ospreys

July 29, 2008
Article in: Birding

Welcome to Rhode Island!
Rhode Island and Dakota

We have made it to Rhode Island with a backlog of photos and information. We’ve been pretty busy but here is a shot of an Osprey nest at Rhode Island Audubon’s Marsh Meadows.

Osprey Nest
Notice that the Ospreys are being videotaped and there is a House Sparrow to the left that is out of place.

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Ospreys Along the Atlantic Coast

June 28, 2008
Article in: Birding

Osprey
Osprey flying near Chesapeake Bay

Once a bird whose numbers were declining and now a success story of conservationalists, the Osprey can be found in bountiful amounts in coastal Virginia. On a recent family vacation to Virginia, Snowy Owl (Susie) encountered a large population of Ospreys along the Rappahannock River and the Slough Creek inlet of the Chesapeake Bay in the Northern Neck region of Virginia.

These breathtakingly beautiful birds had established nests in boat signs and whatever else they found suitable. We were treated to a wonderful view of the Ospreys as we canoed all over the Bay inlet. They flew, calling to each other in a sharp, distinct whistle. The creek was a bustling hub of activity.

Ospreys are not so common in northern Illinois so this was a special treat, especially for Snowy Owl’s two young daughters.

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