The ABA Blog has been in existence for almost 8 years, and there’s a lot of good content back in the archives that deserves an audience now that it might not have received way back when. So, semi-regularly we will bring some of that stuff back. Here’s one by Noah Stycker that was definitely ahead [read more…]
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If you didn’t see the Conservation Milestones in the May 2016 Birder’s Guide to Conservation & Community, take a moment to read them atbg.aba.org/i/688884-may-2016/09. You’ll be inspired. And now it’s time to do it again! If you have a conservation project, or if know someone has gone out of their way to help bird conservation, [read more…] Noah celebrates his 5,000th year bird with local birders in the Philippines on October 26, 2015. A few weeks have passed since I got home after the biggest birding trip of all time, but it’s going to take a while yet for things to sink in. In 2015, I went birding every single [read more…] If you didn’t see the Conservation Milestones in the May 2015 Birder’s Guide to Conservation & Community, take a moment to read them here. Dare you not to be inspired! And now, we’re doing it again! If you know someone who has gone out of their way to help bird conservation, please tell us about [read more…] Noah and everything he will carry this year. Today, I begin 365 days of intense birding: In 2015, I hope to see 5,000 species of birds around the world. After celebrating this New Year in Antarctica, I will make my way up through South America, then across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, [read more…] Kilted birders take the stage at last week’s Rio Grande festival (note ABA prez Jeff Gordon, far right). My flight home from Harlingen, Texas, last Monday—after a wonderful week at the Lower Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival—marked the end of an exhilarating and maybe unprecedented streak: This year, I participated in 15 separate [read more…] First, if you didn’t see the inaugural Conservation Milestones in the May 2014 Birder’s Guide to Conservation & Community, take a moment to read them here. Dare you not to be inspired! And now, we’re doing it again! If you know someone who has gone out of their way to help bird conservation, please tell [read more…] Is all this camera gear really necessary anymore? Digital camera sales have been in the news lately – or, rather, the lack thereof. Canon recently reported that its compact camera sales have fallen 36% compared to one year ago, and sales of its digital SLRs have dropped by 19%. Nikon, meanwhile, has seen [read more…] The other day, I went to look at bird books in Portland, Oregon, at Powell’s City of Books, which is said to be the world’s largest independent bookstore. Powell’s is a High Island-style fallout of printed pages. The store covers a downtown city block with several floors and 1.6 acres of retail space, holds a [read more…] So meta: Are birders becoming trapped by technology? I’m not old enough to reminisce about phone trees and rare bird hotlines, though I’ve heard plenty of stories about birding’s raw old days. By the time I picked up my first pair of binoculars, dial-up was being phased out. I am proud to be [read more…] |
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