Apparently, the southern swamps of the U.S. are not the only place where woodpeckers return from a lost world. While the Ivory-billed Woodpecker grabbed loads of attention (well deserved, of course), I’m sure this species from Brazil won’t. This is the first I heard of it (the article is dated June 12, 2006). I’m talking
Central Selva Protection Area – Peru
Nature Conservancy Site of the Week – #1 Kicking off a weekly feature of this blog is the first Nature Conservancy Site of the Week, the Central Selva Protection Area. Located in the eastern slope of the Andes in Peru, the Central Selva Protection Area includes Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park at almost 300,000 acres. The Conservancy
Winter Hummingbirds
There has been a lot of action (posts) on the Wisconsin Birding List of late discussing wintering/vagrant (lost?) hummingbirds especially since there are two probable Rufous Hummingbirds at separate locations in Wisconsin. The weather in northern Illinois has been frigid so these hummers are certainly tough. I have three points to make about the posting:
Looking for Snow Buntings
Today Michelle and I went hunting for Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs in SW Winnebago county. We went driving for about 1.5 hours and saw no Snow Buntings and 1 Lapland. Traffic seemed to be right where all the groups of birds were. Highlights of the trip besides the Lapland were Tree Sparrows, “Oregon” Junco,
Kaufman Field Guides
Although they’ve been out awhile I thought I would write a quick post about Kenn Kaufman’s Field Guides to North American Birds. What is super cool about Kaufman is that he created the first (and I believe ONLY) bird field guide in Spanish! I think Kenn lost money on the book but still what a
Top 5 Birding Websites
While I would love to say Birdfreak.com or this blog is one of the top 5 birding websites that is not the case. Yet. However, here are my top 5. #5 eBird.org – one of the greatest because of the huge potential for data across the country and world. Easy to use and a fun
Barred Owl Juvenile
Barred Owl – Oak Ridge Forest Preserve – Winnebago County – Illinois
Winter Wonderland at the Callaway Nature Preserve
The Lexus was stuck this morning so no work. At 7 this morning the snow was coming down so hard we couldn’t see the neighbor’s house across the street. Birds were aplently. A female Cardinal was snacking on suet, something I only see in bad weather. A male Cardinal had to share his feeder with
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