We’ve got a new Q&A app out for iPhones and it’s on sale for $1.99 to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (At a regular price of $2.99, it’s still a pretty good deal.) It isn’t always enough just to watch birds—bird watchers are always asking questions about them too. WHY is that cardinal attacking [...]
Jon Erickson is still roaming Mauritius with his microphone, making recordings of the tropic island’s unusual species. That’s him above, installing a microphone to record sounds at a Mauritius Kestrel nest in January. Here’s his story of the day’s work, including an alarming surprise encounter: I’d spent so much time out among the seabirds of [...]
Here’s part two of Jon Erickson’s report from his holiday visit to Round Island, 14 miles off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean: Evenings on Round Island are quite special. The island is home to a large colony of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters that dig burrows into the loose soil to lay their eggs. After the sun goes [...]
[viddler id=61f4db30&w=545&h=424] We’ve been hearing reports from all over lately about newly returning migrants: a Pine Warbler heard over New York City late one night; Louisiana Waterthrushes in Philadelphia, a Prothonotary Warbler seen over a North Florida beach. Here’s another post about listening to migration, from Lab researchers Mike Powers and Lewis Grove. Here’s Mike: [...]
