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Time Warner Cable News Features RTPI

Posted on Jan 14, 2015

Time Warner Cable News Features RTPI

In case you missed it on last night’s Time Warner Cable News please see this short video segment featuring RTPI Conservation Technician Elyse Henshaw on RTPI’s interactive, self-guided “Nature at Your Fingertips” cell phone tour featuring 25 stops on 450+ miles of trails in the Snowmobile Clubs of Chautauqua County’s trails, including Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club, Ellery Sno-Cruisers, Lake Effect Trail Breakers, Cherry Creek Sno-Goers and Sunset Drifters. Our thanks to Time Warner Cable News! Please learn more about the tour and its sponsors here on our...

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Swarm of hummingbirds! Costa Rica, December 2014

Posted on Dec 22, 2014

Swarm of hummingbirds! Costa Rica, December 2014

I guarantee you have never seen this many hummingbirds in your yard! It is the definition of “you have to see it to believe it”, but I have seen it numerous times and still do not believe it. Check out this unfathomable swarm of 11 species in a feeding frenzy in Costa Rica last week by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. It looks like CGI! This is a movie…but it is not a movie. This is a typical day for our friends in the rainforest. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach...

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Purple Finch vs House Finch comparison with feeder birds

Posted on Dec 15, 2014

Purple Finch vs House Finch comparison with feeder birds

Here we have a female Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) feeding throughout the video along with a female House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) and a male House Finch later on. A Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) and Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) also make an appearance among the common feeder birds visiting this tray of sunflower seeds. Note that the female Purple Finch is larger and bulkier than her House Finch counterpart. She has more boldly defined colors in all regards with additional heavier and stronger facial and head markings. Take a few watches to get a feel for...

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Horned Lark in HD

Posted on Dec 8, 2014

Horned Lark in HD

This Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), a bird of open fields, grasslands, shrublands, desert, tundra and coastal plains, was being friendly while enjoying sitting on this dune at a beach on a cold winter day before resuming foraging.

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Pine Siskins extremely close feeding in snow

Posted on Nov 19, 2014

Pine Siskins extremely close feeding in snow

This group of Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus) was filmed extremely close up in HD as they hungrily fed on thistle seed during an unusually cold and snowy day. A few American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) were mixed in the flock. Both species can be heard softly calling while chowing down.

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