It’s just over a week until the 37th World Series of Birding, and while things look a little different this year, the Springwatch Swifts are at it again. We are assembling a team of staff, volunteers, and… https://t.co/hxjQkJV28H
Spring leaf-out is 3 to 4 weeks early in parts of the West, Southeast and Northeast: https://t.co/EAeZ8RFi2b Some National #WildlifeRefuges partner with USA National Phenology Network to collect and record seasonal data. (USA NPN)
@HanbyAndrew@cmbobirds Seems to mirror what we’ve seen here in part. 15-20 yrs ago only in the higher elevations/inland, but have moved out to the coastal plain over the last decade. Re lockdown- lost access to state/county parks but still a number of places open; vismig count still on! Stay safe.
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that Citgo does, in fact, have to pay clean-up costs from the 2004 Athos I oil spill, which sent about 265,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River https://t.co/4QANX4bJVf
Still a few checklists missing but what an amazing day! When the @flywaychampions family come together great things happen. Birders all over the world racked up 10% of the world's species, mostly from home and local patches.
#COTF20 has raised over $40K for #SteppeUpForEagles
April 1 is the birthday of legendary ornithologist Theodore A. "Ted" Parker III, who was born on this date in 1953 in Lancaster, PA. To mark Ted's birthday, download a free digital copy of his 1985 cassette, "Voices of the Peruvian Amazon"
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Champions of the Flyway #cotf20. Only managed an hour out on the patch, but as always, it was time well spent. Favorites included Wilson’s Snipe, Great Horned Owl, Pine Warbler, Clapper Rail, and 10+ Eastern Phoebes… https://t.co/8q6tqm2irB
Pls RT: FUNDRAISING UPDATE! We are very happy to report that, thanks to recent donations, we have now reached $38,500 in funds to help save Steppe Eagles!
Our revised target of $40k is within our sights, and with the support of our global #FlywayFamily that's you 😉! 1/4.....
March has always been a favorable time of year to encounter white-winged gulls in #capemay. This #glaucousgull has been hanging around #capemaypoint for several days and treated us to a close pass Saturday morning.… https://t.co/AEyjPhXR35
Gray morning around #capemay — Iceland Gull doing its best to blend in, a migrant Great Blue Heron appearing from the ocean fog, and the view from Cold Spring Inlet at high tide. @ Cape May County, New Jersey https://t.co/u92s7qOchF
Excellent morning at Tuckahoe #wildlifemanagementarea, where the main impoundment was loaded with migrant #waterfowl— 800 Northern Pintail, 60+ Tundra Swans, Eurasian Wigeon, and Eurasian Green-winged Teal were… https://t.co/n26tvWi8RO
A few scenes from this morning’s guidework— Killdeer hiding from the wind, Nashville Warbler adding a splash to the February landscape, and the bustling sandbar at the north end of Villas. @ Cape May County, New Jersey https://t.co/lTW1mTlMtl
New release of our bioRad #rstats package on CRAN https://t.co/hjbiA434qz! 📡📡🐦🐦🐛. Learn more about the new features in this mini thread. #ornithology#entomology
#eBirdScience just released new & exciting products that let us see migration at the scale of continents for the 1st time for 610 species! Now we can see the paths birds take & see where they are most abundant. https://t.co/Lv9dIUzMv1
#citizenscience#conservation@NASA