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By Jeff Gordon, on August 21, 2014 Campers from the Delaware Nature Society‘s Young Ornithologists camp pose for a photo outside the soon-to-be-open ABA HQ in Delaware City. We hope you’ll join us for the annual meeting here on Sep 21. Photo ©Joe Sebastiani
Summer is often thought of as a time when things slow down a bit. Not here [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on February 23, 2014 Cape May Point by David Slack. Used under a Creative Commons license.
Here’s an incredible opportunity for the right person. And also some very big shoes to fill and bins to carry. Jobs like this tend not to open very often, so if you believe you have what it takes to helm [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on January 6, 2014 Jay Lehman, left, and Neil Hayward, right, opening the envelope that reveals the ABA’s 2014 Bird of the Year
Over the weekend of January 5 and 6th, I was in eastern Massachusetts, ringing out the old and in the new. Liz and I got to bird with Dorian Anderson, who had just commenced [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on September 7, 2013 The Central Hotel , built in Delaware City, Delaware circa 1830. In 2014, it will become the ABA’s new headquarters. Click on the photo for a MUCH larger view! Photo ©Jeffrey A Gordon
If you’re going to be anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic this Thursday, September 12, I invite you to join [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on August 22, 2013 A couple of the campers at Camp Avocet, Caleb Frome and Brendan Murtha, surprised us one afternoon by telling us that they had formed a band and that they had written some songs about birding. Billing themselves as Pish & Twitch, Brendan and Caleb, with assistance from William von Herff, brought the house down performing 5 song parodies with the lyrics reworked to joke about the joys and travails of birding. I invite you to watch them all and be as stunned as we were by the creativity of these young birders. [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on July 9, 2013 Matt Daw at Bosque del Apache on July 7, 2013, a day he won't soon forget! Photo ©Jeffrey A. Gordon
Word has been spreading quickly of a truly remarkable birding event: Matt Daw's discovery of a Rufous-necked Wood-Rail at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, New Mexico. Whatever the official [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on July 1, 2013 ABA President Jeff Gordon wants to hear from you about the ABA’s periodicals. Come join the conversation! [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on June 5, 2013 Betty Petersen
The ABA family and the entire birding community lost one of its leading lights on the morning of June 4th when Betty Petersen of Hanson, Massachusetts, passed away. She had suffered a heart attack on May 20th.
La familia de ABA y toda la comunidad de observación de [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on May 1, 2013 “The New ABA”! Are we there? Is there still ground to make up? Do we even need a new ABA? President Jeff Gordon wants to hear your thoughts. [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on March 3, 2013 ABA ralliers get up close and person with New Mexico’s rosy-finches, and the people who study them. [read more…]
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