After a few short weeks of being in Maine I bought a ukulele. A month later, I was performing in my first concert with the Puffin Pluckers. This ragtag group of volunteers and staff that a...
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The earlybird does get the worm or at least in this case you save $50 off of Hog Island Audubon Camp registration if you sign up by the end of the day - December 15th. The camp is a life-alterin...
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Our farm is one of those special places where I always feel at home and I can't wait to visit every year. For the past decade on MLK Day weekend, my friends and I have been spending our ti...
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Princeton University Press has put out another great bird guide! Birds of South America: Passerines , written and illustrated by Ber van Perlo, is a quality guide to a large region. It f...
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One of my fondest memories of this past summer was the night we spent with campers on Monhegan Island . Monhegan sits far our in the Gulf of Maine and it a perfect land beacon for migranti...
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Removing lobster industry debris from Eastern Egg Rock This September I had the pleasure to work with a great group of Road Scholar students at Hog Island Audubon Camp . During the week-lo...
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Hog Island Audubon Camp host a lovely week for families each August. Next summer there will be two sessions! The week is filled with outside activities to keep the kids engaged and the ...
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Eastern Egg Rock, ME When Steve Kress, founder of Project Puffin , calls you up and asks if you want to join him for a boat ride to Eastern Egg Rock the answer is always yes. The opportuni...
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Hands-on Bird Science is probably the most exciting session of Hog Island Audubon Camp, in my personal opinion. You take Scott Weidensaul and a stellar team of ornithologists with backgro...
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Do you remember the spark bird that turned you from casual observer to birdwatcher? Mine was a group of birds - warblers. It occurred in the spring of 2007 at Green Cay Nature Center &...
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Many young kids dream of owning a horse but I wasn't in that camp. I preferred running through the woods and playing basketball with the boys than riding horses. We had a horse named St...
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This past week was an exceptional bird week or I should say bird day. Sunday I went birding with the Cayuga Bird Club. At Myer's Park I saw my lifer Surf Scoter and Red-necked Grebe. T...
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Finally after a month of near misses I saw the Tufted Duck on Cayuga Lake. This TUDU doesn't have an impressive tuft but he was sleek with that jet black back and white-flanked side. He was a...
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I have a love for cows, especially the black and white variety that remind me of my childhood. My grandfather let us name the new calves each summer and help feed them by tossing them wate...
The past week was a breakthrough with a few more year birds to add to the list. After two weeks of temperatures hovering around zero and no new birds I was beginning to get a little itchy....
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According to Amish American website , New York state has the 5th largest Amish population in the country. As I drive into the agricultural lands surrounding Ithaca I have encountered a few ...
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Despite my birding pursuits, I actually have never taken an ornithology class. That will change this spring as I am excited to attend the Spring Field Ornithology course hosted by the Cornell La...
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You should watch Virunga for its breathtaking natural beauty and its heart-wrenching story. I was captivated by the scenery and then held in suspense by the stories of the people. Their dedicat...
The temperatures never hit double digits and so my GBBC weekend had birding attempts but mostly misses. Luckily I had a dear friend, Hewy, to keep me company on this freezing weekend. W...
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This island is so beautiful it really makes my heart ache! Why, it seems to me God's own heaven can hardly be more perfect. - Mabel Loomis Todd Hog Island Audubon Camp has been on my wis...
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Lark and I hiking in Costa Rica When I was younger, public displays of affection were the last thing I ever wanted to do. Perhaps it was because I lived in the rural South where such thing...
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This past Saturday the forecast was snowy, so it was with no great surprise that only the Cayuga Bird Club guide and myself showed up for the morning outing. Luckily, the weather held for...
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Have you signed up for The Great Backyard Bird Count ? Click on the linked photo above to get started. Basically you have the President's Day weekend to get busy birding - even if for on...
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View from Hog's Hole Hog's Hole is a wetland area and shoreline area in Alan H Treman State Marine Park on Cayuga Lake, in Ithaca, New York. I've spent some time there scanning the rafts o...
Friday update: The past weekend gave me an uptick of 2 birds to put me at 89. I spent Saturday afternoon birding around the Long Point Winery area of Cayuga Lake. I first went in search ...
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