Today, after Anna and I Â finished tracking some cuckoos at Cibola NWR, we swung past a flooded field bordering the Cornfield Nature Trail area, and … Read More
More Desert Shorebirding!
This morning, Anna and I went to one of our cuckoo sites near Blythe that hadn’t been visited in a few weeks to see if … Read More
Desert Shorebirding!
A few of the cuckoos that we fitted with radio transmitters have gone missing, so this morning, Anna and I drove around to all of … Read More
Idaho Highlights
Anna and I have been working here in Idaho since April 4th. It has been a wonderful and bird-packed three and a half months, but … Read More
MAPS Banding at Lucky Peak 6/5/11
This morning Idaho Bird Observatory had its first MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) banding session of the year up at Lucky Peak. The purpose … Read More
Recent observations here in Idaho….
I have been pretty busy trying to find curlew nests this past week, while Anna is off in western Idaho surveying for Flammulated Owls. However, … Read More
Spring Shore-birding in Idaho
Spring and fall shore-birding is one of my favorite activities; you never know what might show up in a flock of shorebirds on a mudflat! … Read More
Western warblers finally arriving!
I have been spending the past couple weeks recieving text alerts from back home in PA and reading posts on the PABIRDS listserve that have … Read More
2011 PA Migration Count
The Pennsylvania Migration Count (PAMC) is coming up in two weekends from now and is a great excuse to get out and spend a day … Read More
Birds are on the move
Looking at the radar, there are a lot of birds on the move well to the south of us. If that rain event across Virginia … Read More