The Easiest Way to Map Your eBird History #myebirdhistory
I was recently introduced to a mapping website that works well with eBird data by a Facebook post by Ted Floyd. Hamstermap.com lets you upload simple latitude/longitude data and display+
Fun Challenges and Cautionary Tales from Fall Banding
Fall migration out east is a conflicting time for birders: the rarity machine is usually+
Get ready for eBird Profiles!
eBird is slowly and steadily becoming the go-to bird observation collection tool for birders around+
BREAKING: Leica releases new Noctivid binocular line
Leica has been teasing something new for a while, and has just announced a new flagship binocular. The press release is calling it “simply the brightest, sharpest, highest contrast and purest color images available in a binocular today”. Based on the specs (see below) and Leica’s reputation, I would wager that this is not just PR bluster, and that these new binoculars+
Ten People to Follow at #NAOC2016
Not everyone can make it to the 2016 edition of the North American Ornithological Conference in Washington D.C. this week. However, the twittersphere has been doing a great job keeping the rest of us up to date on what is going on. Below are some of the most active accounts that I follow to keep up with interesting NAOC news. Let me know+
Susquehanna River Kayak-Birding Highlights
Over the past two weeks I was happy to take many birders and bird-photographers out to the Conejohela Flats along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, PA. Although there were multiple days with morning or evening storms, almost all of my scheduled trips went along as planned, and I was able to get out to the flats with people on a+
Birding the Depths
Guest post by Ian Gardner With one of the highest murder rates in the world, recently overrun by cartels, a history of violence against environmental activists, and hosting a plethora of tropical diseases, Honduras is not the first country you’d think to visit in Central America for birding. But it also contains 23 bio-reserves covering 20% of the country, 9 mountains+
Snowy Egret in Lancaster County!
The beginning of fall migration 2016 is treating the Susquehanna River corridor nicely, with multiple rare waders making their presence known in Lancaster County – three juvenile Little Blue Herons were visible form the Falmouth River Access, a juvenile Snowy Egret is at the Riverfront Park Access, and a juvenile Cattle Egret continues at Conewago Wetlands. These three species are rare, but+
Cattle Egret – Lancaster County, PA
After a long night spent driving back from Illinois and then mothing for a few hours near Lamb’s Gap, I+
Here is how Pokemon Go is birding.
So Nintendo emerged from its decade long slump and finally released a hit, although this time it wasn’t on its+
Uptown Yellow-crowns
For PA birders looking for some exciting mid-summer birding, the Susquehanna River through Harrisburg offers excellent viewing and photo opportunities for+
Fourth Annual 4th of July Birding Challenge!
It’s a big year for the annual Nemesisbird 4th of July Birding Challenge: It’s an election year in the US+
What’s left of the Prairie State…
After a very busy May, which included (winning!) the Birding Cup in central PA and then guiding at the Biggest Week in American Birding, I ventured out to central Illinois+
Lewes Pelagic – June 4th, 2016
Ancient Murrelet – Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Lewes Pelagic – June 4th, 2016
Another boatload of anxious birders gathered at Fisherman’s Wharf in Lewes this past Friday evening for an overnight Seelife Paulagics trip into Maryland (and a little bit of Delaware) waters. Weather+
Ancient Murrelet – Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Screech-Owls at the Biggest Week
Ancient Murrelet – Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
During the summer I am beyond fortunate to be one of the research supervisors on Seal Island NWR (restricted access). SINWR is located just 22 miles from Rockland, Maine and is managed by the National Audubon Seabird Restoration Program, aka Project Puffin. It is home to a large breeding colonial nesting seabirds including Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Arctic and+
Screech-Owls at the Biggest Week
Unusual American Golden-Plover – McLean County, Illinois
Rajah Scops Owl: Malaysian Mega
South TX Raptor Notes – April 2016
The Ultimate Guide to Migration Online
Crimson-collared Grosbeak at Laguna Atascosa NWR
South Padre Warblers on Parade
Winging their Way to a Forest Near You
Experience Spring Migration in South Texas with Nemesis Bird Tours – April 16-24, 2016
