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,
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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
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
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
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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
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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,
We are pleased to announce that one of our favorite forest preserves is growing by 80 acres! The Winnebago County Forest Preserve District has acquired 80 acres of farmland that is adjacent to Deer Run Forest Preserve. This is the location where we spent a year doing surveys and discovered that in one calendar year
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A few days ago I received a letter from a startup company called Burly Bird. Enclosed in the envelope were four bird stickers: Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Pileated Woodpecker. I decided to give the raptors to my nieces and keep the other two for myself. These stickers are solid white with black
