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Friday
30 Jul 2010
AUDUBON'S FIRST PUBLISHED
ILLUSTRATION OF A
BIRD HAS BEEN DISCOVERED


BY AN AUDUBON SCHOLAR AND A NUMISMATIC HISTORIAN
(PhysOrg.com)

TODAY: ... SD: Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush
shows up in South Dakota ...
normally seen in the tropics ...
(Bismarck Tribune)

LA: Gulf of Mexico has long been a
sink of pollution ... and has been
for 50-plus years ... (New York Times)
OR: Hollywood needs to hire more
ornithologists ... How do birds of
the deep woods wind up in suburban
Cleveland? ... (Mail Tribune)

American Bird Conservancy applauds
proposal to list Mountain Plover as
threatened ... (Surfbirds News)

TX: Federal lawsuit against TCEQ
will move forward ... over last
remaining naturally migrating flock
of Whooping Cranes ... (Texas Tribune)

 

BOOKREVIEW ...
Molt in North American Birds ...
by Steve N.G. Howell ...
(DC Birding Blog)

NJ: Ten things you can do to help
wildlife in your backyard ...
(Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)


more headlines on Page 2 ...  eBIRD RARITY ALERTS BY STATE: ...
Connecticut ...
Delaware ...
Georgia ...
Maryland ...
Massachusettes ...
New Hampshire ...
New Jersey ...
New York ...
North Carolina ...
Ohio ...
Pennsylvania ...
Rhode Island ...
South Carolina ...
Virginia ...
Vermont ...

CITIZEN SCIENCE:
Cornell/Audubon eBird
Project FeederWatch
report Whooping Crane sightings
report window strikes
report tagged TVs [pdf]
report unusual TV sightings
report unusual beaks
buy a duck stamp

BIRDCAM PREVIEW PANELS:
Falcons
Eagles
Osprey
Owls
Others
All species
Smaller birdcams

BIRD CAMS:
beakspeak's birdcam list
Cornell nest boxes
Dutch Peregrine Workgroup
WBC Wildlife TV
Xcel's birdcams home page
CA: Allen's Hummingbirds
CA: CALTRANS Redding eagles
CA: Channel Islands Allen's Hummingbird
CA: Channel Is. eagles
CA: Hungry Owl cams
CA: San Francisco falcons
CA: San Jose falcons
CA: San Marcos barn owls
CA: Starr Ranch barn owl
CA: Starr Ranch hummingbird
CO: Boulder owls
CO: Brush kestrels
CO: Platteville eagles
CT: Mystic Aquarium penguins
CT: Travelers tower falcons
DE: Osprey
DE: Wilmington falcon
FL: Brevard planter owlet
FL: Cape Coral webcams
FL: Dunedin ospreys
GA: Atlanta falcons
ID: Boise falcons
IN: Fort Wayne falcons
IN: Indianapolis falcons
IN: NIPSCO falcons
KY: KEEP osprey
KY: Princton bluebirds
KY: West Peducah bluebirds
MD: Blackwater eagles
MD: Blackwater osprey
ME: BDR webcams
ME: Goodale's house finch
MI: Macomb County falcons
MI: Grand Haven falcons
MN: Black Dog falcons
MN: Elk River falcons
MN: Lake City falcons
MN: Larry's live looncam
MN: Oak Park Heights falcons
MN: Oak Park Heights osprey
MN: Red Wing Grain falcons
MN: Sherco falcons
MT: Libby Dam eagles
NC: Charlotte barred owl
NC: WCNC EagleCam 36
NE: NGPC kestrel
NE: State Capitol falcons
NE: Omaha falcons
NH: Osprey
NJ: Duke Farms falcons
NJ: Jersey City falcons
NY: Albany/Rensselaer falcons
NY: Buffalo falcons
NY: Glenham cardinal
NY: Glenham wren
NY: NYC falcons
NY: Poughkeepsie/Highland falcons
NY: Rochester falcons
NY: Syracuse falcons
NY: Treman Bird Feeding Garden
OH: Boonshoft Dayton Falcons
OH: Cleveland falcons
OH: Columbus falcons
OK: Red-tailed Hawks
OK: Sutton eagles
OR - Portland Red-tailed Hawk
OR: Willamette Pass eagles
PA: Harrisburg falcons
PA: Franklin Institute hawk
PA: Gulf Tower falcons
PA: PGC bluebirds
PA: Pitt. falcons
PA: Whitehall robin
PA: Wildwood Lake feeder
RI: Conanicut Island ospreys
SC: Hilton Head osprey
TN: Pigeon Forge eagles
TX: Austin Screech-Owl
TX: Greenville bluebirds
TX: Greenville phoebe
TX: Greenville wood duck
TX: Italy Barn owls
UT: Salt Lake City falcons
VA: CCB falcon cams
VA: Norfolk Bot. Garden eagles
WA: barn owl cam
WA: bluebird
WA: burrowing owl
WA: Blue Herons
WA: Kent eagles
WA: Lake Washington eagles
WA: osprey
WA: Purple Matrins
WA: Willamette Eagles
WI: Alma falcons
WI: Genoa falcons
WI: WPS Pulliam falcons
WI: Whooping Cranecam
WV: eagles livestream
WV: NCTC eagles
 
Antarctic gentoo penguins
AUSTRALIA - Alcoa falcons
CANADA - Alberta falcons
CANADA - ENMAX ospreys
CANADA - Epcor's Genesee falcons
CANADA - Etobicoke falcons
CANADA - Hamilton falcons
CANADA - Delta eagles
CANADA - Hornby Isl. eagles
CANADA - Victoria/Sidney eagles
CANADA - Toronto King St falcons
CANADA - Winnefeg falcons
CANADA - University of Montreal falcons
ENGLAND - blue tit
ENGLAND - Brighton falcons
ENGLAND - Derby Cathedral falcons
ENGLAND - Dudley Zoo penguins
ENGLAND - Lake District ospreys
ENGLAND - New Forest goshawks
ENGLAND - Wirral's barn owls
ENGLAND - Worcester falcons
ESTONIA - Tawny Owl
ESTONIA - White-tailed Eagles
FINLAND - Nauvo osprey
FRANCE - Cernay white storks
GERMANY - Bornheim white storks
GERMANY - Heidelberg falcons
GERMANY - Höchstadt white storks
GERMANY - Mannheim white storks
HUNGARY - Darány white stork
HUNGARY - Dundabogdány white stork
HUNGARY - Hortobagyi white storks
HUNGARY - Nagyhalasz white stork
HUNGARY - Zalaistvánd white stork
ITALY - Bologna falcons
ITALY - Florence falcons
ITALY - U of Rome falcons
NETHERLANDS - De Mortel falcons
NETHERLANDS - Electrabel falcons/kestrels
NEW ZEALAND - albatross
POLAND - MPEC falcons
POLAND - Warsaw falcons
SCOTLAND - Loch of the Lowes osprey
SCOTLAND - Loch Garten osprey
SOUTH GEORGIA - penguins
SPAIN - Arevalo white storks
SPAIN - Iberian Imperial Eagle
SWEDEN - Helsingborg harbour falcons

BIRD GUIDES:
All About Birds (Cornell)
Birds of North America($)
Dendroica
Sibley Guide
Sibley Guide corrections
WhatBird Identification helper

VIDEOS:
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Bird Cinema

PHOTOGRAPHS:
VIREO bird photo catalog
hummingbird photo database
Peter LaTourrette's
  publication-quality images

Flickr search page
where do you want to go photo index
Google image search
Yahoo! image search

RECORDINGS:
Macaulay Library Catalog
Patuxent sound files
Florida Bird Songs
bird songs from tropical america

DIRECTORIES:
Audubon chapters
bird links to the world
birding & wildlife trails
Majka's birding links
The Owl Pages
Yahoo Birding Forums

BIRDLINKS:
ABA birding ethics
ABA checklist of the BNA
accessible bird sites
Audubon CBC historical results
Audubon WatchList
Auk
avian flu fact sheet
Bent's Life Histories of NA Birds
BIO One
Bird Cams Around The World
Birder's World Magazine
birding on the net
birding pals
BirdWatchersDigest.com
Breeding Bird Survey
Britain's Hawk Conservancy
Calif. Condor Cons. Org
calc area of a park or field
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell's ivory-bill home page
Costa Rican Bird Route
eagle migration maps
eBird
eNature.com
free bird clipart
hummingbird migration map
hummingbird society
Hummer/Bird Study Group
ivory-bill org
Jack Siler's bird map
Kate St. John's peregrine blog
Larry Niles' red knot blog
National Audubon Society
North American Owls
Ohio Birding Forum
online source for ornithology books
operation migration
Pale Male
Pitt's complete Audubon collection
Project FeederWatch
Real-time Weather Data
walking/hiking trail mileage planner
Rutland Osprey Project
Sibley's blog
Sora searches
species numbers & alpha codes
Stokes Birding home page
Stokes blog
tides, sun, and moon tables
Top 25 Birding Web Sites
Two-Fisted Birdwatcher
USF&WS bald eagle hotspots
USF&WS endangered species
USF&WS ivory-bill home page
USF&WS Laws/Treaties/Regulations
USF&WS NWRs home
WhatBird Forums
window strike data form
WINGS birding tours

PORTALS:
About.com Birding / Beginners
About.com Birding / Wild Birds
backyard birding
birding.com
birdingguide.com
birdwatching Dot Com
fatbirder.com
where do you want to go birding?
wildbird.com

ORGANIZATIONS:
American Bird Conservancy
American Birding Association
BirdLife International
Canadian Peregrine Foundation
HawkWatch International
Purple Martin Conservation Asso.
The Nature Conservancy

YESTERDAY: ...
AK: Critical Alaska habitat spared
from oil and natural gas development
... Obama administration opts for
buffer ... (National Geographic)

TX: 20 Brown Pelicans released into
Texas waters ... after being rescued
and rehabilitated from Gulf oil
spill ... (Victoria Advocate)

 

BIRDQUIZ ...
how much do you know about the Pileated Woodpecker? ...
(Audubon Magazine)

NY: Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
sometimes tap to attract mates ...
and to announce that a territory is
already occupied ...
(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

CUBA - New IBA directory released to
help conserve Cuba's birds ...
(BirdLife International)

UK: SCOTLAND - Scottish seabird
numbers take a dive ... numbers
nearly halved in the past decade ...
(BBC News)


more headlines on Page 2 ...

REGIONAL BIRDING SITES:
CT: Audubon Center in Greenwich
CT: Hammonasset Beach SP
CT: Lighthouse Point Park
CT: Milford Point
CT: White Memorial CC
DE: Bombay Hook NWR
DE: Delaware Bay
DE: Prime Hook NWR
DE: White Clay Creek SP
GA: Wings Over Georgia
MA: Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary
MA: Mount Auburn Cemetery
MA: Parker River NWR
MA: Pleasant Valley WS
MA: Plum Island
MD: Assateague Island NS
MD: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP
MD: Conowingo Dam
MD: Ocean City
NC: Atlantic Ocean
NC: Mattamuskeet NWR
NC: Outer Banks
NC: Pea Island NWR
NH: Mount Washington
NJ: Brigantine Div./Forsythe NWR
NJ: Cape May
NY: Braddock Bay
NY: Derby Hill Bird Observatory
NY: Jamaica Bay NWR
NY: Montezuma NWR
NY: Niagara Falls
OH: Adams Lake SP
OH: Crane Creek
OH: Green Lawn Cem. and Arb.
OH: Headlands Beach SP
OH: Killdeer Plains
OH: Magee Marsh
OH: Ottawa NWR
PA: Conejohela Flats
PA: Hawk Mountain
PA: Middle Creek WMA
PA: Presque Isle State Park
PA: Tinicum (John Heinz NWR)
RI: Block Island NWR
RI: Sachuest Point NWR
SC: Cape Romain NWR
SC: Carolina Sandhills NWR
SC: Huntington Beach SP
VA: Chesapeake Bay Brdg & Tunnel
VA: Chincoteague NWR
VA: Great Falls Park
VA: Kiptopeke SP
VA: Shenandoah National Park
VT: Dead Creek WMA
WV: Cranesville Swamp Preserve
WV: Green Bottom WMA
WV: Monongahela National Forest

REGIONAL WEB SITES:
Baltimore Bird Club
birding Charleston, SC
Cape May Bird Observatory
Cape May RBA
Friends of Blackwater NWR
Kate St.John's blog
Lancaster Crow Coalition
Mt. Zion Grasslands
New England hummers
South Carolina birding hotspots map
Tom's Plum Island page

REGIONAL: ...     BIRDINGONTHE.NET: ...
CT: Rufous Hummingbird/07-29 ...
NJ: Black-bellied Wh. Duck/07-29 ...
MA: Marbled Godwit/07-29 ...
RI: Marbled Godwit/07-29 ...
MD: American White Pelican/07-29 ...
NJ: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher/07-28 ...
OH: Rufous Hummingbird/07-28 ...
GA: White-winged Dove/07-28 ...
NY: American White Pelican/07-28 ...
 

NJ: JERSEY CITY - Injured Peregrine Falcon rescued along Hudson River ...
(Wild New Jersey)

MA: SCITUATE - Piping Plover chicks
on Plymouth Beach learn to fly ...
nine chicks have hatched this year
... (Boston Globe)

NJ: EDISON - Habitat restoration
project brings hummingbirds to the
Triple C Ranch for the first time
... (Wild New Jersey)
NY: To Whom It May Concern:

A story about Canada geese that was published in the New York Times on July 23rd gave readers a completely incorrect impression ...

Bryan L. Swift
DEC ...
(birdingonthe.net)

GA: The bug-loving birds of summer ... munch on beetles, wasps,
dragonflies, caterpillars, bees, ants, spiders, and flies ...
(Savannah Morning News)

OH: TOLEDO - Sandhill Cranes
strengthen their toehold in northern
Ohio ... nesting this summer right
on Toledo's eastern doorstep ...
(Toledo Blade)

MA: Piping Plovers may limit beach
access ... "they're just trying to
create a private beach" ...
(My Fox Boston)
PA: Three beaches at Presque Isle to
close for sand replenishment ...
(GoErie.com)

RECENTLY: ...
Endangered Species Act protects
2 more birds ... Black-breasted Puffleg ... and Medium Tree-Finch ... (Wildbird on the fly)

UK: Little Bittern nests
successfully for only the second
time in the UK ... first time was
1984 ... (Surfbirds News)

NY: DEC denies it plans to expand
NYC goose cull ... labels New York
Times article 'somewhat misleading'
... (WGRZ)

NJ: BERNARDSVILLE - Jim Gilbert's
stunning Least Tern photos have been
picked up by news outlets around the
globe ... (NJ.com)


NJ: PHOTOSTREAM ... Jim's beach
nester project photos ... (flickr)
DE: The Hoffs fight to protect
Prime Hook ... their YouTube video shows a dying marsh ... (Cape Gazette)


DE: YOUTUBEVIDEO ... Death of a
Freshwater Marsh ... (YouTube)

UK: WWT begins groundbreaking
breeding project to save endangered
waders ... currently focused on Ruff
and Dunlin ... (Surfbirds News)


more headlines on Page 2 ...

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