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Bird Names For Birds
It’s long past time to consider, learn, care about, and correct a problem in our nomenclature for birds. via Historical Bios
Posted in academics, animal behavior, bird banding, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, career, environment, evolution, history, IUCN, mentoring, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, ornithological newsletter, professional development, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged #AOS, #BirdNamesForBirds, #nomenclature, EDI, environment, history, ornithology, science, URM
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The state of global biodiversity — it’s worse than you probably think — ConservationBytes.com
Sobering synopsis here by CJA Bradshaw. For those of us who study natural history, such information confronts us every day. It can be easy to forget that we are a tiny minority of the billions of humans on this planet … Continue reading
Posted in bat conservation, birds/nature, deforestation, editorial, Endangered Species Act, environment, evolution, history, IUCN, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, overpopulation, paleontology, population estimates, population monitoring, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged Anthropocene, biodiversity, Conservation Bytes, Diaz et al. 2019, environment, extinction, nature, population, science, Sixth Mass Extinction
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Binocular advice for birders
I’m frequently asked about my recommendations for binoculars. My first recommendation is yes, you should get a pair. Sure, you can do a lot of birding without binoculars – and 90% or more of the birds I encounter I detect … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDATHON, birding, birds/nature, Christmas Bird Count, editorial, environment, life, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, Partners in Flight, wildlife
Tagged #binocs, #binoculars, #Bird Watchers' Digest, #bird watching, #British Trust for Ornithology, #European Breeding Bird Atlas, American Birding Association, birding, BirdWatch Ireland, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Countryside Bird Survey, National Audubon Society, nature, ornithology
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2016 Christmas Bird Count – Stillwater, Oklahoma
The brainchild of ornithologist Frank Chapman at the American Museum of Natural History in 1900, the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count was among the first true citizen science endeavors. Today, with more than a century of data under … Continue reading
Posted in birding, birds/nature, Christmas Bird Count, environment, life, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, Partners in Flight, population monitoring, wildlife
Tagged Christmas Bird Count, environment, Lake Carl Blackwell, National Audubon Society, nature, Oklahoma State University, science, Stillwater OK
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eBird News – March 2016
Team eBird has announced a Global Big Day on May 14th, 2016. I can hardly wait – I love stuff like this! Program description and additional information are available at eBird News.
Bird Education Network – BEN Bulletin for January 2016
BEN – Bird Education Network Some Lessons from the Jr. Audubon Clubs by Paul J. Baicich From the very start of the anti-feather-trade bird-protection movement of the late 1800s, there was an interest in winning over the sympathies of children. … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird Education Network, birding, birding community e-bulletin, birds/nature, Christmas Bird Count, editorial, Endangered Species Act, environment, life, migrants, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, Partners in Flight, wildlife
Tagged BEN Bulletin, Bird Education Network
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Birding Community E-Bulletin, January 2016
Welcome to the first Birding Community E-Bulletin for 2016! There’s a lot going on, so read on and enjoy. The Birding Community E-bulletin is distributed to active and concerned birders, those dedicated to the joys of birding and the protection … Continue reading
Posted in birding, birding community e-bulletin, birds/nature, Christmas Bird Count, Endangered Species Act, environment, evolution, IUCN, Links, migrants, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, Partners in Flight, population estimates, population monitoring, wildlife
Tagged birding community e-bulletin, Kelp Gull, Painted Bunting, trap-neuter-release
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Birding, and the biggest year ever
Of the estimated 20 million (at least!) bird-watchers in the US, a relatively small percentage consider themselves to be serious birders, i.e., the kind of people who actually travel around to try to see as many birds as they can, … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, bird evolution, BIRDATHON, birding, birding community e-bulletin, birds/nature, editorial, environment, evolution, history, IUCN, life, migrants, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, ornithological newsletter, wildlife
Tagged 6000 species!, American Bird Conservancy, big year, birding, conservation, Noah Strycker, ornithology, The Big Year
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Michigan Merlin, No. 2
Check out the 2nd installment of the Michigan Merlin, the newsletter of the Michigan Young Birders’ Club. Michigan Merlin #2 pdf
eBird ease, and power
Are you eBirding? Here’s why I think you should be. I wrote the following in response to some questions about eBird on our OKbirds listerv. The eBird-hesitant tend to worry that the learning curve is steep for eBird or that … Continue reading
A Wandering Week in Newfoundland – Part 3 of 4: The Fog Rolls In
For two days we had explored the eastern Avalon around St. John’s, in glorious sunshine punctuated by a profusion of blooming fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) that provided vibrant color against the green and blue of forest and sea. Our host for … Continue reading
Posted in birding, birds/nature, environment, kids, life, Links, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, weather, wildlife
Tagged American Pipit, Argentia, Armstrong's Suites, Avalon Peninsula, balsam fir, Bird Rock, black spruce, Black-legged Kittiwake, Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, cod tongue, Common Murre, moose print, moose stew, Newfoundland, Northern Gannett, Placentia, Savannah Sparrow, speckled alder, The Gannet's Nest, Thick-billed Murre, Three Sisters Pub, white spruce
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Audubon’s Online Guide to North American Birds
The National Audubon Society has published a new Online Guide to North American Birds, and it’s worth a look. At a glance, the guide contains similar content to what birders expect in field guides: images (photographs) of birds, descriptions … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Education Network, BIRDATHON, birding, birds/nature, Christmas Bird Count, environment, evolution, HBW Alive, IUCN, migrants, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, Partners in Flight, wildlife
Tagged All About Birds, Audubon Online Guide to North American Birds, birding, field guide, National Audubon Society, ornithology
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What’s wrong with environmental education?
Here’s a great article on what’s wrong -and could be right – in environmental education. The author is David Sobel from Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. It’s long, but good (I promise): THE KIDS HAVE BEEN UP … Continue reading
From the ABA Blog – Ted Floyd on easy recording of rare birds
ABA Birding Editor Ted Floyd is at it again. The guy who introduced the world to bare naked birding has again served up some excellent advice for birders. This time Ted has described how his minimalist approach to birding keeps … Continue reading
How they do it in Colombia – bird conservation and kids
International Migratory Bird Day Celebrations: Just look at those angelic faces, turning out to celebrate their unique place in the world as a home to migratory birds! Here’s a description of International Migratory Bird Day from the link above, but … Continue reading
Welcome Back Scissortails!
This post is a couple of weeks late, but we hosted the 2nd Annual (more or less) “Scissortail Celebration” back on April 18th. Unlike the first one (October 2010) in which we bade our scissortails farewell for the winter, this … Continue reading
The Waterthrush Podcast
I am pleased to announce the release of The Waterthrush Podcast here at eatmorecookies. If you come here often, you’re probably already a fan of birds and birding, science and skepticism, and wildlife conservation. If so, you might also like … Continue reading
Timothy Egan discovers “nature deficit disorder”
Illuminating piece (and discussion comments from readers) from Timothy Egan on the topic of nature deficit disorder.
Birding Couch Park, an homage to the Babe
A much-debated legend in baseball involves the New York Yankee’s slugger Babe Ruth at the plate facing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field for game 3 of the 1932 World Series. According to the story, Ruth was enduring quite a … Continue reading
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