Winter Bird Forecast – We Didn’t Expect This!
Here’s our latest Winter Bird Forecast with Audubon Connecticut, our partners in the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds which we are gearing up for more and more every day. But right now the waters are freezing and the birds in our landscapes are changing rapidly!
Read MoreFiery Winter Sunset
Even when the ground looks bare or brown without the expected snow cover the sky can still be on fire, even in the middle of winter. You can practically feel the heat in these shots of our cold atmosphere being torched by the setting sun last evening.
Read MoreJuvenile male Green-breasted Mangos (Anthracothorax prevostii)
Here we have some juvenile male Green-breasted Mangos (Anthracothorax prevostii) as taken last week in Costa Rica by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. You can see their progress in becoming full adults as their feathers fill in to more brilliant shades. Remember, birds are always usually active in either migrating, breeding, or molting, and it is molting season for many species across our quarter of the world right now.
Read MorePerched Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae)
Check out the raw beauty of this perched Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae) by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. Hummingbird season never ends for our friends in Costa Rica. It’s a green, green world every day of the year. There are hundreds of individuals of at least 11 species hanging out with our crew. Keep an eye out for a ridiculous video of them feeding at several feeders that we will be featuring soon.
Read MoreMerlin on Wire
Merlins certainly do love their power lines! Perhaps next spring and summer you will find one like this in your neighborhood with a nest not far away. We are seeing more and more of them locally in the Chautauqua-Allegheny region. During the last breeding season we had a pair less than a mile away from us at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York. They can be found even in suburban to near urban habitats.
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