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Bird Watcher's Digest: Special Features: Terrorist Birder

It all started with the Howard County Bird Club website. The site contains photos of nearly every bird ever seen in Howard County. Although photos from many locations are used, photos taken in Howard County are preferred. There was no photo of a rock pigeon taken in Howard County. There was a lovely photo posted—it just wasn't from Howard County. So I decided to go take a few snapshots. Read More >>

My Annual Traveler: Painted Bunting by Lynn M. Thompson

At first, I thought it must be a miniature parrot. I'd walked into my bedroom to get a pair of pantyhose while getting dressed for work on a lovely spring morning. Perched there on the rose bush in my indoor cat's viewing garden was the tiniest, loveliest, most colorful bird I'd ever seen in our backyard. It looked to be no more than about five inches from beak to tail. The little thing's head was purple, its chest orange, and its wings a vivid parrot green. Read More >>

Western Scrub-Jays by Kathryn Hall

It was my daughter who first spotted the nest last spring lodged in the center of a tall pink camellia bush blooming just outside the kitchen window. A pair of lovely blue and gray western scrub-jays were caring for a clutch of eggs, and once alerted, I was delighted to have a ringside seat to their endeavor. I happily climbed a small ladder day after day, several times a day, to view every activity and relish every little change. I was enchanted! Read More >>

Fool Me Once by Vonnie Kennedy

I first heard the songbirds in April in South Florida. I had lived down here three months, and my only bird watching experience since had been telling the difference between an egret and an ibis. Don't get me wrong, these graceful creatures are lovely, but I missed the songbirds. In Central New York I had four feeders in my yard and enjoyed finches, indigo buntings, and those gorgeous grosbeaks. During the winter months I was usually lucky enough to have a pair of cardinals as long as the blue jays didn't chase them off. It's a great hobby and one I expected to continue in Florida. Read More >>

Remembering Blah by Robert M. Reid

I had never been on a Christmas Bird Count—not for lack of interest, but for lack of transportation. But after a few years of birding, I was anxious to give it a try. So I called Tom Hince, the park director of Point Pelee (I live a 40-minute drive from that hallowed mecca) and asked if he knew someone from Windsor who would be “down for the count,” so to speak, with whom I could catch a ride. Read More >>

Bird Watching Fun at Any Level by Don Alan Hall

It’s bird-watching time. When you’re at parks or public forest areas this time of year, you’ll no doubt notice people with binoculars and bird guides looking for interesting things in the trees and bushes. It seems that more and more people are getting interested in birds. Read More >>