If you’ve been out birding recently, you’ll know that there are signs of spring everywhere you look – especially if you are looking at birds! … Read More
The PA 150 Ticks Project
Recently, there was a challenge issued on the PA Birders facebook page that, as a community, we should attempt to report 150 species to eBird … Read More
Review: Audubon Birds, now with more eBird
Audubon Birds – A Field Guide to North American Birds v1.9 $19.99 from the Green Mountain Digital A new version of Audubon Birds: A field guide … Read More
Increase in Centre County eBird usage
Soon after I arrived in State College a year and a half ago, I took on the task of reviewing eBird sightings. Along with that … Read More
Birding Around Gainesville – Day 1
Now that Anna and I have finally made it to Gainesville, and Anna will be living and working here till July, we wanted to go … Read More
Are we on the verge of a Snowy Owl irruption?
It looks like Snowy Owls are on the move this winter. With the widespread adoption of eBird, we now have an easy way to keep … Read More
eBird: New flight call protocol
It is a bit past the date when we would expect to hear nocturnal flight calls given by birds migrating overhead, but eBirds new protocol … Read More
Blue-headed Vireos on the decline?
There has been a lot of talk on the PABirds listserv regarding a possible decline of Blue-headed Vireos based on the scarcity of individual sightings … Read More
Next up- ducks
The next group of birds that will be moving into the area on their southbound migration are the ducks. There are already scattered reports of … Read More
Huge upgrade to eBird maps
Recently, eBird released a major update to the maps in their Explore Data section. Now called Range and Point Maps, these are now fullscreen, overlaid … Read More