Archive for June 2008
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Surveys in Stony Creek
Tomorrow I will be doing bird surveys in the Stony Creek Valley which is just east of Dauphin PA. This is the same area where I saw 22 species of warblers in a half mile stretch, back in the beginning of May.
Then it will be off to camping in central PA, closer to my point [...]
I and the Bird #77
Image via Wikipedia
The latest compilation of bird blogging is out. Check it out at Great Auk - or Greatest Auk? My last post about identifying juvenile birds is included.
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Do you know the immatures?
Summer birding can be downright drab, depending on where you spend your time. Breeders have settled into their territories and are busy raising young while northbound migration has pretty much wrapped up. Soon these baby birds will have fledged and we will be seeing them out of the nest. Identifying these young birds can be [...]
Uncommon field birds
Vesper Sparrow by jerryoldenettel
Doing point counts in south eastern PA during the last weeks has left me feeling that some fields birds are a lot more common than many birders suspect. On any given day I have heard multiple Savannah Sparrows, Vesper Sparrows, Grasshopper Sparrows and Horned Larks. I have also come across at least [...]
