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Posts Tagged "Christmas Bird Count"

Cloudy with a Chance of Snowys

Posted on Dec 19, 2014

Cloudy with a Chance of Snowys

This is the first of a series of Winter Birds Forecasts focused on Connecticut and the surrounding region brought to you by Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History and written by Patrick Comins, Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon Connecticut with Scott Kruitbosch, Conservation & Outreach Coordinator, Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. Photos by Patrick Comins. A spate of early sightings of Snowy Owls in the Northeast has the birding community excited for a possible repeat of last year’s mega irruption that saw dozens of sightings of...

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Downy Woodpecker Peeking

Posted on Dec 15, 2014

Downy Woodpecker Peeking

Hey there, Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens). Way to hang out on a Monday morning. What extravagant or odd friends did all of you see this past weekend during Christmas Bird Counts? In your yard? While out shopping for the holidays? That’s the beauty of birds – they’re everywhere!

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Jamestown Christmas Bird Count Tomorrow – Snowy Owl in 2013

Posted on Dec 13, 2014

Jamestown Christmas Bird Count Tomorrow – Snowy Owl in 2013

Tomorrow is the Jamestown, New York Christmas Bird Count! We hope you will be able to participate if you are in our area. The compilation is once again at RTPI as well. Here’s one of my highlights of the Jamestown count last year, a Snowy Owl that I photographed at the Jamestown/Chautauqua County Airport. Who knows what will be seen this year – good birding to all! Learn more about CBCs here: http://rtpi.org/christmas-bird-counts/ Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator

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Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)

Posted on Nov 27, 2014

Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)

Happy Thanksgiving! Many Thanksgivings ago I was watching my bird feeders at my parent’s house in Connecticut while waiting for family to arrive and dinner to begin on a cool, rainy day. While looking out the window I spotted, naked eye, an oddly shaped and surprisingly brightly colored bird on a tree branch. I grabbed my binoculars very quickly and had a good look at a warbler inspecting the feeding area and all of the bird commotion below it. It had a yellow body, dark green on the back and wings, a gray hood and very bright white eye rings. It was a Nashville Warbler! Their...

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Christmas Bird Counts

Posted on Nov 21, 2014

Christmas Bird Counts

It is hard to believe that Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) are only a few weeks away! For those of you that may not know what a CBC is our friends at the National Audubon Society, who coordinate the efforts, explain: From December 14 through January 5 tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure that has become a family tradition among generations. Families and students, birders and scientists, armed with binoculars, bird guides and checklists go out on an annual mission – often before dawn. For over one hundred years, the desire to both make a...

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