Recent Posts Tagged With 'warblers'

• Warbler Neck

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 08:55 in migration, birding, warblers, local schmocal

  Warbler neck is a serious malady that affects all birders in May every year.  If you have ever spent 40 minutes staring up, searching every movement in the tree for the elusive warbler-of-the-moment, you know what I mean. Fortunately this chronic co...

• Golden-winged Warblers-Yes!

  Posted on Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at 19:11 in birding, warblers, birdwatching, nesting, birders, local schmocal, golden-winged warblers

  I got out of the car with fingers crossed.  I had brought my house guests to see Golden-winged Warblers.  They had never seen them and the birds are declining.  Looking for Hooded Warblers weeks ago, I happened to have heard the Golden-winged at t...

• The Importance of Sparrows

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 06:00 in California, birding, bird watching, warblers, sparrows, savannah sparrow, lbjs, little brown jobs

  Commonly called LBJs or Little Brown Jobs, sparrows are notoriously hard to identify. This one is a Savannah Sparrow. Can you see the little bit of yellow by the eye? Classic. I am fond of sparrows. They are ubiquitous yet overlooked in favor of ...

• Birding a powercut

  Posted on Saturday May 17th, 2008 at 21:45 in birding, warblers, birdwatching, nesting, powercut, local schmocal, second-growth

  I parked the car and stepped out to the hiss and singing of the high-tension wires overhead in the powercut. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck rise. Until I moved north, I had never considered birding a powercut. Heck, I don’t think I even...

• Warbler Show in Central Park

  Posted on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at 15:25 in new york, Central Park, migration, nyc, birds, birding, warblers, fallout

  I had been looking forward to today since a frigid day in January, when a friend from work planted the seed of the idea; let’s go birding in Central Park in May for migration. It may sound odd, but the birding in the middle of Manhattan is superb....

• Birding in the Rain

  Posted on Sunday April 13th, 2008 at 13:43 in north, list, birds, spring, nj, warblers, birdwatching, local schmocal, wawayanda state park

  I’m birding in the rain Just birding in the rain What a glorious feelin’ To see warblers again. Ok, it was just a passing thought, as I stood in the 40-degree drizzle looking up at dozens of Palm Warblers and Yellow-rumps and 6 or 7, mayb...