Birdfreak.com started three years ago today. Come celebrate with us as we look back at some highlights from this past “Birdfreak Year”. December 2008 We completed our Deer Run Bird Survey (as best as we could) We created and participated in the brand new Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count January 2009 We introduced a new
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Christmas Tree Farm and Golden Retrievers
We began Saturday with a snow-filled hunt for a Snowy Owl. One had been sighted in our county (and two were sighted in a bordering county) but alas, we were unsuccessful. Our main mission was not to find birds, though, as we were heading to purchase a real Christmas tree. It has been a tradition
Year 2 Stats
Stats from our second year of Birdfreak.com-Dec 1, 2007 to Nov 30, 2008 Values in [ ] are the total since we formed the site Visitors: 35,877 [45,942] +25,812 Number of Countries/Territories with Visitors: 133 Number of U.S. States with Visitors: 50 of 50 Number of Canadian Provinces with Visitors: 11 of 13 Page Views:
Birdfreak Day!
Today is the 2nd Anniversary of Birdfreak.com. It is hard to believe another year has passed. Here are some of the highlights from the “Birdfreak year”. December 2007: We participated in two Christmas Bird Counts: Lost Mound and Rockford. The discovery of a Snowy Owl provided us a thrilling new county/state bird. We created a
Feliz DÃa de Acción de Gracias
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are thankful for our wonderful family and friends, all the wonderful birds in this beautiful land, and all the amazing people we’ve met since starting this site. A Turkey that ventured into our neighborhood A special message from Arizona our Doberman moar funny pictures
NIU – Third Place Winners in Soil Judging Competition
Usually, we at Birdfreak try to stick to only bird news and bird conservation. We decided to make a slight exception to celebrate Birdfreak Team member Jennie’s success and the success of the NIU soil judging team this past weekend. I (Veery) got the chance to compete in the ASA Region III – Collegiate Soil
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Birdfreak.com Project Updates for August
Thought it would be good to give an update of the various projects we are working on at the Birdfreak headquarters in Rockford, Illinois. This is just some of the more time-consuming works currently on the agenda. White-winged Scoter #1. – NCIOS-Winnebago County Illinois Bird Checklist: Recreating an outdated checklist from scratch to provide abundance
Swarovski Blogging Event Day One
I am getting ready to hang out with several bloggers from around the country and tour Swarovski Optik’s facility in Cranston, Rhode Island. So far our trip out here has been great, including a few life birds (more about them later!) and several states I’ve never been to before (including Rhode Island). Here’s a view
