CD 1000 Project – photoblog – Clay Taylor of Swarovski Optik has a photo blog and a quest to digiscope a thousand species of birds and other creatures. Called the CD 1000 Project, he has reached 55 species so far, mainly birds. His photos are an excellent promotion of nature’s beauty. Birdfreak’s Nature, Photography and
Category: Bird Conservation
White-naped Raven: An Example of Bird-of-Mouth
bird-of-mouth: spreading information about birds, birding, and bird conservation through various forms of media. bird-of-mouth marketing: using marketing tools/methods to increase the speed and reach of information about birds, birding, and bird conservation. We coined these terms based off the well known marketing terms “word-of-mouth” and “word-of-mouth marketing” because spreading thoughts, ideas, and stories about
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Nature Conservancy Blog Updates
Find out where all the yard birds are in Indonesia and see what the reward is for finding an Ivory-billed Woodpecker. More great posts can be found at the Nature Conservancy’s way cool blog: Cool Green Science.
Burning Hawk – Protecting Wildlife With Wine
In May 2008, a hawk was killed when it perched on a power line and was electrocuted. Each year tens of thousands of hawks, eagles, and owls die when their large wingspans create a circuit. Many of these deaths go unnoticed but one such incident sparked the beginning of a new movement. On that fateful
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The Rusty Blackbird Hotspot Blitz
The Rusty Blackbird Technical Working Group needs the help of birders to locate important wintering grounds of an often looked over bird that is drastically in decline. Starting February 7th and running until the 15th, birders are being sought out (yes, you!) to find gangs of Rusties and report their findings to eBird. Rusty Blackbird
Cool Green Science – The Nature Conservancy Blog
Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy is the official blog of TNC and is written by a collection of excellent Nature Conservancy conservationists. As stated on the blog’s about page, Cool Green Science has four main goals: Nature Conservancy scientists and experts talking about conservation issues of moment — everything from
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Bird Conservation – Pinyon Jay
Pinyon Jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) are a western jay found in pinyon pine habitat. Some important breeding sites include El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area found in New Mexico and Desert National Wildlife Range and Great Basin National Park found in Nevada. Forty years worth of breeding bird survey data show a more than
Kishwaukee and Rockford Christmas Bird Counts
Over the past few weeks we participated in two area Christmas Bird Counts, one being the long-running Rockford CBC and the other a newer count along a favorite river corridor, the Kishwaukee. Both were enjoyable but not as birdy as we had hoped. The Rockford count would have been perfect for digiscoping except snow depth
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