Bird Watching Blog

We don’t care what the calendar says

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:00 +0000

Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog It feels like spring is here at last! Temps are near 60 degrees, geese are honking high overhead as they make their way north, and some of our birding colleagues have seen their first Osprey, fresh arrived from South America, Wahoo!! As you can see above, the first small flowers have [...]

Owl Presentation on Thursday

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:07:44 +0000

Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog For our local Anne Arundel county birders, and anyone nearby, or in town, please consider attending the Anne Arundel Bird Club’s annual lecture this Thursday at Quiet Waters Park at 8 p.m. sharp. These lectures are always fascinating. Local environmental guru Gerald Weingrad always manages to score top-rank speakers. [...]

Juvenile Detention

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:05:57 +0000

Submitted by Bird TLC Blog Earlier this winter, we closed the flight center down for the first time in recent memory. We didn’t have any eagles or large raptors to put out there. Things have changed around some this year. So far we have taken in 17 eagles at the Bird TLC clinic in 2010. The majority [...]

Looking Sharp!

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:55:50 +0000

Submitted by BrdPics Blog Throughout the winter months I’ll sometimes notice that my backyard gets very quiet, devoid of the busy activity usually found around my platform and hanging feeders. Then I’ll often notice the distinctive profile of an Accipter perched in a nearby tree or on the fence. I mainly get Sharp-shinned Hawks but also [...]

KTVA Channel 11 news story on Cyrano

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:53:02 +0000

Submitted by Bird TLC Blog Check out the latest story on Cyrano, our bald eagle by KTVA Channell 11 http://www.ktva.com/topalaskanews/ci_14506914 If you want to know how far around the globe this story has gone, go to Google and type in Cyrano eagle alaska. on Friday, March 05, 2010

Birdcouple on the move

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:18:48 +0000

Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog With spring (hopefully) on the way, we’re sprucing things up a bit around here - starting with those sharp new license plates for our 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid, which we affectionately call “Pipit.” We’ve also added a logo and link for Alpen Optics at the top of our blog sidebar, in recognition [...]

Hermit Thrush in Wet Snow

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:15:52 +0000

Submitted by Birding Notes Blog Our front yard was busy this afternoon with soft, wet snow falling and covering much of the ground for a while. A colorful Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Carolina Wren, a pair of Downy Woodpeckers, Tufted Titmice, Carolina Chickadees, one or two Goldfinches, a Mockingbird and a big Red-bellied Woodpecker went back [...]

No Words….

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:17:42 +0000

Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog

Snow Light

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:16:18 +0000

Submitted by BrdPics Blog We’ve had a relatively cold, snowy winter around here (Colorado’s Northern Front Range) so far, which has made for some nice raptor photo opps. The combination of fresh snow on the ground and sunshine really lights up the underside of soaring birds, which can otherwise be tricky to photograph well in bright [...]

White-breasted Nuthatch

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:13:40 +0000

Submitted by Birding Notes Blog Cold weather has returned, and yesterday morning was drizzly and gray when I stepped out on the deck. From a dark stand of pines just inside the woods, a White-breasted Nuthatch called ahnk! It’s not a very glamorous sound, but it’s one I don’t hear often around here, and the bird making [...]

Blackbird Flock – Mostly Common Grackles

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:12:18 +0000

Submitted by Birding Notes Blog Later in the morning a large flock of blackbirds flew in and spread over the grass and trees in several yards in the neighborhood. There were maybe 500 birds – a very rough estimate. All I saw were Common Grackles and a few Red-winged Blackbirds. I could not find any Rusty [...]

New patients

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:10:52 +0000

Submitted by Bird TLC Blog This Great Horned Owl was hit by a car. He’s in good physical condition, but he did hit his head hard. He’s receiving some good TLC r&r, thanks to the young lady that brought it into PET ER. This mature bald eagle came to us a few weeks ago interrupting a lunch [...]

Where’s a Big ‘Ole Red-tailed Hawk When You Need One?

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:30:53 +0000

Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog Pictures by Wingscapes SquirrelCam… I mean BirdCam

Surfbirds Article

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:28:58 +0000

Submitted by BrdPics Blog Mike Freiberg and I blended our recent posts on Ross’s / Snow Goose ID for a new feature on Surfbirds.com- Check it out!

Checking Out Some New Alpen Gear….

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:01:34 +0000

Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog Ahhh… sunny, almost balmy weather (we made it to 45 degrees!) in Maryland and on a weekend! The perfect birding weather to check out some new Alpen Optics gear for entry into the American Birding Association’s (ABA) 2010 Gear Guide issue. We started out scanning for ducks with the Winner of [...]