December 17, 2012 – 4:30 pm
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Black Swamp Bird Observatory are excited to introduce the Young Birders Network. This new website offers a wealth of resources geared toward birders of high-school age. This site enables young birders to connect with peers, find clubs in their area, discover conferences and events, and find information on colleges [...]
This week, some 62 teams are converging on Cape May, New Jersey, for the World Series of Birding, now in its 29th year. Starting at 12:00 a.m. Saturday morning, those birders will cup a hand to their ears and start counting birds. And they won’t stop until the following midnight. Our own student team, the [...]
By Hugh
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Posted in Big Day, Birds, conservation
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Also tagged Anti-Petrels, Ben Barkley, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Brendan Fogarty, Eric Gulson, Jack Hruska, Redheads, students, World Series of Birding
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On an overcast and occasionally rainy day in Cape May, the Cornell Lab Redheads and Anti-Petrels found enough good “gets” to offset the painful misses from a slow day of songbird migration. Both teams won their divisions in the 2011 World Series of Birding: the Redheads won Cape May County with 163 species, and the [...]
By admin
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Posted in Birds, conservation, field reports, News, slideshow, travel
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Also tagged Andy Johnson, Anti-Petrels, Big Day, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Charles Eldermire, conservation, France Dewaghe, Jay McGowan, photos, Redheads, Scott Haber, shorebirds, sightings, travel, World Series of Birding
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It’s been two weeks since Team Sapsucker set the Big Day record in Texas—but that’s not quite the end of the 24-hour birding marathons. The World Series of Birding is next Saturday, May 14, in New Jersey, and in this post and the next we’ll introduce the two teams we’re sending: the Redheads, made up [...]
By admin
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Posted in Birds, conservation, News, travel
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Also tagged Andy Johnson, Big Day, birding, Birds, birdwatching, conservation, Jay McGowan, Redheads, Scott Haber, travel, World Series of Birding
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