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Great Falls Tribune As with nearly all other events held during this unusual year, the 2020 Christmas Bird Count was forced to adapt to safeguard the safety of its participants. In a typical year the Upper Missouri Breaks chapter of the National Audubon Society would invite dozens of birdwatchers, both experienced and those just starting out, to join them in the annual bird counting ritual. This year that number was pared down to just 26, but even with a reduced cadre the group was able to identify 60 individual species of birds inhabiting the fields, woods and waterways in and around Great F...

4:56 On a recent morning, local naturalist Rebecca Weiss led a small group of amatuer birders through the frozen cattails near the John Denver Sanctuary in Aspen. Dawning binoculars and masks, they stood at the edge of the Roaring Fork River to get a closer look at an American Dipper bobbing in and out of the frigid water as it foraged.  “We heard this gorgeous singing and we were all looking and listening as hard as we could to try to pinpoint the sound and who was making it,” Weiss said. “And finally, we got a line of sight on the dipper.” 

   Overview 2020 has been a slow year for many industries, but hobbies like bird watching--safely be accomplished while mask-wearing and social distancing--have gotten a huge boost.  Sales of birding supplies, like binoculars, feeders, field guides, etc... are stronger than ever. Not only are there more birders out there this year, birding in Southeast Michigan in 2020 is better than usual due to an irruption year, where many species not normally found in our region have been sighted, due to optimal nesting success and an ensuing expansion of population territory. The influx of new birders...

Why many Pune birdwatchers were looking for the Indian Skimmer over the weekend What prompted the bird count was experts stating that there was inadequate knowledge about the Indian Skimmer, especially its numbers. Updated: December 21, 2020 5:24:03 pm This was the first such global count of the Indian Skimmer and was conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Bird Count India. Image: WikiMedia Commons/Wildmishra The Indian Skimmer, with its black wings and unusual orange bill with a yellow tip, used to be a vulnerable species till last wee...

In 2020, Gainesville’s Birders Counted On The Unusual By Jenn Hayes Pratibha Singh says the most beautiful time of the year is when the sandhill cranes come flying into Gainesville. Pratibha Singh scopes out birds from the Paynes Prairie observation tower. (Photo courtesy of Pratibha Singh) Singh now works as an administrator at the University of Florida’s College of Business, but years ago she was trained as an officer in the Indian Forest Service. She completed field work in the Himalayas and eventually became director of the Kanpur Zoo in Uttar Pradesh. While she was excited to be sur...