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I birded Green Ridge State Forest (western Maryland state forest that is situated on the foothills of the Appalachian mountains - 2,000 foot elevation approximately) and a sight nearby this weekend and it was fantastic! What was special about this outing...
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I had a couple of very similar identification second-guessing incidents happen to me within about a week. The first incident was last weekend when I saw a Green Heron (first of the year). I didn't get too good a look at it, but it was the right size,...
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Hughes Hollow is a place that doesn't officially exist. There are no state, county or city maps with "Hughes Hollow" on them. But birders all over Maryland know what it means when someone says "Hughes Hollow". Hughes Hollow is a location within the McKee-Beshers...
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I got up this morning at around 8:30. I woke up at around 5:30 and that is when I should have dragged my tired carcass out of bed. But no matter. I quickly gathered my bins, camera, bottled water and Camel Lights and headed out to my car. The initial...
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On thing I din't mention about my birding trip last friday was my repeated inability to see an eastern pheobe. I missed it three times, plus saw a pair of kingbirds that were at first thought to be pheobes. This Saterday, I went for a twenty minute walk...
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There has been an immature Little Blue Heron hanging out at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh and the surrounding Playa Del Rey area since about the middle of May. When he first showed up he was all white, he has been slowly molting into hs adult plumage....
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I am a warbler-maniac..... they are by far my favorite bird to watch/photograph/track/anything. The difficulty of finding one, identifying it, and photographing it is very high.... which makes it awesome when you find a new one!! Not to mention the amazing...
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As my last few blogs explain, I have become a little fixated on Owls. Especially on photographing the SOB's! For more than two months, I have pursued BArn Owls several times a week. A family I have seen now 20 + times and not a single usable picture....
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This post is a little early, but I saw enough birds in the last four days to count as a week's worth of birds. On Tuesday I went back to rexhame beach and saw the piping plovers again- an adult and a young. I took some pictures, but have not uploaded...
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I had some lovely goldfinches visit my feeder today. I was so surprised to see them! I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye, and when I turned my head I saw the prettiest yellow bird! The male was sitting on top of the hook while the female...
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I'm fairly new at serious birdwatching but I've quickly become addicted. We've had feeders off and on for years but I really started watching what specific birds used the feeders this spring. Well, to be honest, it started out as an excuse to sit on the...
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Hello all those 1 people who have read my blogs..... I just got back from an amazing camping/backpacking trip in the northern Green Mountains in Vermont. There is a great, primiti9ve and rustic campsite that sits right next to Silver Lake, which is on...
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Every week, I am going to post my bird sightings here. Most of the places I will go birding at this summer will be on the south shore of Massachusetts. If you live near there, you might want to check out some of these places. This past week I saw five...
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Noticed that the hummingbird feeder in front of the living room window was empty - again. Filled it and the other one, much to the happy sounds of hummers, who only took seconds to begin feeding. Finally saw a Goldfinch. I haven't seen many this year...
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Sunday, 6 Went to get the mail today and a male Red-Winged Blackbird was perching on the mailbox. A juvenile robin fed in the yard, while I watched several Cedar Waxwings chirp and fly around the yard. As usual, I saw cowbirds, goldfinches, house sparrows,...
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July 4 Today, being Independence Day, I didn't get to do much birdwatching. During a parade in Wonder Lake, Illinois, I did see several gulls (Herring and Ring-Billed) as well as House Sparrows. Watched the fireworks later in the evening. July 5 I went...
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I had a very interesting encounter yesterday. During a family event in Oroville, about 30 minutes from my house, I got the chance to sneak away for a little while. I headed out to Oroville Wildlife Area, state refuge. I got there around 6:00 and went...
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Jim got an even better picture of our resident grosbeak. We see him everyday, several times a day. I have seen his lady friend a few times too. We see him so often that we decided to name him. I picked "Reuben."...
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My grandfather's seventh cousin from the Netherlands is visiting our family this week. He has not been here since 2001, and is now in his late 70's, so we went on a small paddleboat tour on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. Since I was birdwatching most of the...
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This has been very interesting however I would like to unsubscribe to this site. I have tried the ways that were given to no avail.. any way to unsubscribe ???...
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I went to New York to attend the Belmont Stakes hoping to see Big Brown sweep the Triple Crown. No such luck. But I did have a very good day of birding on Friday. I hit four different places on Long Island. Connetquot River State Park, Bayard Cutting...
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So I was cleaning my room and ran across a field list from May 11th. Oops. I do remember finding a full breeding plumage female Red-necked Phalarope!! Not a life bird, but VERY exciting to find one in breeding plumage. I was also very excited to finally...
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After my post, Photo Survey, which was active for 24 hours, I tallied up the votes for certain opinions. Here are the statistics: 28% - Agree it is OK to post other photos, only if you list a source or link, etc. 28% - Agree that it is not OK to post...
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For the last month I have made frequent trips to the Sacramento River park as I have documented in prior blogs. One of the things that has been really cool and frustrating has been trying to get photographs of a family of BArn Owls. I have seen them in...
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I forgot... I don't have any pictures or a good camera....
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