04/28/2013 - #ABArare - Short-tailed Hawk - Georgia :: Comments (0)
Georgia's first record - and one of only a few outside of Fl, TX, and AZ - of Short-tailed Hawk was photographed yesterday in Hinesville. READ MORE »
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Nate Swick holds the prestigious title of Blog Manager for the American Birding Association. A long-time member of the bird blogosphere, Nate has been writing about birds and birding at The Drinking Bird since 2007, but can also be found at the Nature Blog Network Blog and writing about the southeast at 10,000 Birds. In the non-digital world, he leads field trips for the Wake Audubon Young Naturalists and reviews eBird records for North Carolina. Nate lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, Danielle, and young son, Noah, who is not yet aware that he is being groomed to be a birder.
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04/27/2013 - The Biggest ABA-Area Big Day Ever :: Comments (2)
An enthusiastic round of applause is in order for our friends on Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Team eBird who put together the most impressive ABA-Area Big Day ever this past Thursday, finding an almost unbelievable 294(!!!) species in a 24 hour period. That absurd total is a full 30 species... READ MORE »
An enthusiastic round of applause is in order for our friends on Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Team eBird who put together the most impressive ABA-Area Big Day ever this past Thursday, finding an almost unbelievable 294(!!!) species in a 24 hour period. That absurd total is a full 30 species... READ MORE »
04/26/2013 - Rare Bird Alert: April 26, 2013 :: Comments (4)
Bahama Woodstar in Pennsylvania! Golden-cheeked Warbler in Missouri! Little Egret in Nova Scotia! What a crazy week! READ MORE »
Bahama Woodstar in Pennsylvania! Golden-cheeked Warbler in Missouri! Little Egret in Nova Scotia! What a crazy week! READ MORE »
04/24/2013 - ABA Out of the Office :: Comments (0)
This week, the ABA is holding our annual Staff and Board retreat at the headquarters in Colorado Springs. There is a lot of productive planning for the organization going forward and we're really excited to share it in the coming months. Staff and Board together discussing the ABA's future However,... READ MORE »
This week, the ABA is holding our annual Staff and Board retreat at the headquarters in Colorado Springs. There is a lot of productive planning for the organization going forward and we're really excited to share it in the coming months. Staff and Board together discussing the ABA's future However,... READ MORE »
04/22/2013 - Blog Birding #131 :: Comments (0)
Dave Ringer, writing at 10,000 Birds, breaks down a fascinating study that suggests that the King/Clapper Rail group may consist of up to five distinct species: Maley then goes on to examine the hybrid zone between Clapper and King rails in Louisiana, finding that the hybrid zone is very narrow... READ MORE »
Dave Ringer, writing at 10,000 Birds, breaks down a fascinating study that suggests that the King/Clapper Rail group may consist of up to five distinct species: Maley then goes on to examine the hybrid zone between Clapper and King rails in Louisiana, finding that the hybrid zone is very narrow... READ MORE »
04/19/2013 - Rare Bird Alert: April 19, 2013 :: Comments (3)
With the middle of the continent seeing, once more, a massive snow-filled weather system it can feel as though spring will never arrive. But a quick look around the listservs quickly puts that worry to rest. Birders across the ABA Area are jumping at the arrival of neotropic migrants back... READ MORE »
With the middle of the continent seeing, once more, a massive snow-filled weather system it can feel as though spring will never arrive. But a quick look around the listservs quickly puts that worry to rest. Birders across the ABA Area are jumping at the arrival of neotropic migrants back... READ MORE »
04/17/2013 - Participate in an Avitourism Study on International Birding Experiences :: Comments (0)
Interested in helping a graduate student gather data for a study on avitourism? Come on over! READ MORE »
Interested in helping a graduate student gather data for a study on avitourism? Come on over! READ MORE »
04/15/2013 - Blog Birding #130 :: Comments (0)
The newest edition of I and the Bird is up at 10,000 Birds, the subject this time is the predictably spring-y robin: It’s one of the few phenological happenings of which the general public is ostensibly aware, burned into the psyche of so many from childhood stories and poems and... READ MORE »
The newest edition of I and the Bird is up at 10,000 Birds, the subject this time is the predictably spring-y robin: It’s one of the few phenological happenings of which the general public is ostensibly aware, burned into the psyche of so many from childhood stories and poems and... READ MORE »
04/12/2013 - Rare Bird Alert: April 12, 2013 :: Comments (0)
It was bound to happen eventually. We've finally reached a week, the first in some time, with no first state/provincial/territorial records to mention. We've still got another week before the streak is in danger, but be on the look out for those first state records while you're enjoying the return... READ MORE »
It was bound to happen eventually. We've finally reached a week, the first in some time, with no first state/provincial/territorial records to mention. We've still got another week before the streak is in danger, but be on the look out for those first state records while you're enjoying the return... READ MORE »
04/08/2013 - Blog Birding #129 :: Comments (0)
Ryan O'Donnell, writing at Birding is Fun, offers some useful tips on pinning down Ring-billed versus California Gulls in flight: The real challenge, however, is in identifying these species when they are high overhead or lit in such a way that the eye color and bill pattern are impossible to... READ MORE »
Ryan O'Donnell, writing at Birding is Fun, offers some useful tips on pinning down Ring-billed versus California Gulls in flight: The real challenge, however, is in identifying these species when they are high overhead or lit in such a way that the eye color and bill pattern are impossible to... READ MORE »
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