The Nemesis Bird

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A recent paper published at nature.com revealed how fickle the female Lark Buntings are when it comes to picking a mate each spring. It is generally thought that females of most bird species select their partner based on a few traits that lead to that trait being exaggerated in the male. A good example of [...]

There is an immature Snow Goose thats been hanging out at Greenfield Ponds for quite a while with some really beat up looking domestic geese. It’s pretty funny to see the little guy hanging out with those four guys towering over him.

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Here is a great look at how the new iPod Touch is being used by a guide in Brazil as a tool to store bird calls, pictures and videos.
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On Monday I headed to Cape May, NJ with a friend to look for a Dovekie that had been reported on Two Mile Beach. There was also a Barnacle Goose hanging around and both of these birds would have been lifers for me. Red Crossbills and an Ash-throated Flycatcher were being seen on Cape May [...]

I took this lovely sunset picture after an unsuccessful search for Lapland Longspurs and Snow Buntings in the farm fields near my house.

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Since everyone from my brother to Google is posting a list of 2007 by the numbers, I might as well do it too…
3- number of first state records I missed in PA this year (Slaty-backed Gull, Long-billed Murrelet and Yellow-billed Loon)77- number of posts this year253- number of species I saw in PA in 2007269- [...]