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Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite An Audubons yellow-rumped warbler hunts for bugs above the Denver Audubon Nature Center south of the Chatfield Reservoir. May 12, 2021. Around twelve million birds are expected to fly north and make their way across Colorado over the next few nights during the peak of spring migration. And despite any fears of flocks that Alfred Hitchcock may have instilled in you, they mean no harm. “They’re coming into North America to breed,” Zach Hutchinson of Audubon Rockies ...

Welcome to the height of migratory bird season, a fleeting time when, if you’re observant, you may spy a bright golden warbler in a tree or bush. Mid-May is the heavy traveling season for such songbirds. Several species wear an array of yellow, brown, gray and black feathers — among other palettes — with equally colorful names, including Cape May warbler, Nashville warbler, chestnut-sided warbler and magnolia warbler. Not to forget songs and calls as varied as an orchestra’s...

Print article Here’s a suggestion for encouraging tourism to Alaska this summer: Offer vaccines to travelers who provide proof of confirmed travel plans for a (minimum) two-week visit to the state. A confirmed travel plan could include: hotel and vehicle reservations, local tour reservations (gold panning, flightseeing, fishing, four-wheeling, river rafting, backpacking, birding, etc.), motorhome and campsite reservations. Just a thought.

17 Shares Standley Lake Park rangers now believe only one of the two two eggs laid by the bald eagle known as F420 has hatched. Last Friday they said they thought the second had hatched. The first eaglet, called SL1, is visible at the right center of this photo. (Standley Lake Eagle Cam, city of Westminster) Evidently only one of the famous Standley Lake bald eagle eggs has hatched after all, and park managers now suspect the other one is not viable. Two days after posting an entry last w...

Today Periods of snow. Low 28F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 100%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.. Tonight Periods of snow. Low 28F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 100%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Updated: March 21, 2021 @ 7:07 pm THE GAZETTE

Mapping birds feeding habitats Last October, I signed up my family, with great enthusiasm, for the Cornell Lab of Ornithologys yearly citizen science survey, Project FeederWatch. The premise is simple: You watch birds and report what you see. I paid the $18 fee and received a cool poster and some simple directions in the mail. I went out and bought birdseed and a bird feeder, which I set up outside our kitchen window. The only part I remembe...

Birdwatching Program at Buckham Library in Faribault When my Dad was retired he took up a hobby that surprised me a little.  He became a birdwatcher.  Growing up I dont recall him ever talking about birds.  As he grew older he enjoyed them more and more. He had a bird book by his recliner in the TV room which had a nice window where he set up multiple feeders to attract multiple species of birds.  Now that I have grown older I think I know why Dad enjoyed watching birds. He was a very devot...

7:28 NHPRs Peter Biello speaks with New Hampshire Audubon biologist Pamela Hunt about her new State of the Birds report. Peter Biello: So why is it important to pay attention to the state of New Hampshires birds? Pamela Hunt: A couple of reasons. The ones we usually give are, A, birds are often really good environmental indicators. Theres the overused canary in a coal mine thing. People still understand Silent Spring, the book that launched the DDT ban, additionally. So, you know, things that h...

59:48 Bird Calls with Cliff Shackelford for Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - Our Profile Species is the White-eyed Vireo Airs Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at 6 p.m. Once again ornithologist Cliff Shackelford, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will be on hand to take your questions about all our feathered friends on "Bird Calls" from Red River Radio. If you have a photo or the recorded sound of a bird that youd like Cliff to research and identify for the show, please send them to wbeckett@lsus.e...

52:20 Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart join us to talk birds today! WAMCs Ray Graf hosts.  Rich is retired from the New York state DEC and he is the regional reviewer for the premiere birding site, e-bird. Julie Hart works for the DEC and is the New York breeding bird atlas project coordinator. She coordinates with thousands of volunteers to document bird breeding behaviors and has a focus in bird conservation and citizen science. Tags: