birdwatching

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World | Christian Cooper

Only my coworkers came to my program tonight but we had fun and ate so much leftover Halloween candy. I‘m going to start Better Living Through Birding to prepare for more programming! #doublespin #bookspinbingo

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llwheeler

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

September wrap up, pretty decent month!

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Chelsea.Poole

Birding to Change the World: A Memoir | Trish O'Kane

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I thought this was great. O‘Kane is calm cool and collected, even when fighting for birds threatened in her community. She considers herself and “accidental ornithologist” and I may be headed that way myself. Just last night we heard a sound out our window which my Merlin app quickly identified as an Eastern Screech owl! It was the best part of my day. This book is much more focused on her personal life than the title would suggest.

AnnCrystal “accidental ornithologist” 👏🏼🤩🐦💝💝💝. 2mo

Tonidreads328 You‘re in for a adventurous ride. I cannot go a day without thinking of the birds on my life list and where I saw them, where I was in my life and how hard I worked to track them down. Sadly, I‘m at 98 and haven‘t move from there in about 5 or 6 years. Can‘t wait to get at it again. I‘m in the southeast and hope to visit Table Rock, to see the warblers. The Baltimore Oriole is on my wish list and those elusive owls. 2mo

TheKidUpstairs I LOVE the audio identification feature on Merlin. I used it on a nature tracking field trip with my son's class, so I could tell my group "okay, Merlin hears these birds, who can find them." Helped us spot so many more birds than we would have without it (including an Oriole @Tonidreads328 !!! We don't see them often where I am, I've seen two in the 11 years we've lived here, they're such a lovely thrill!) 2mo

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DebinHawaii

Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song | Les Beletsky

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Today‘s haiku is inspired by the spotted dove cooing & singing this morning. (I borrowed this picture). Not native to Hawaii, the spotted dove was introduced from Asia in the 1800s.

Morning Sounds

The spotted dove coos
A soft plaintive melody
Outside my window

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

JenlovesJT47 🩵🩵🩵 3mo

dabbe Lovely words and sounds. 💛💜🧡 3mo

AnnCrystal LOVELY music, I love when doves nest near our house 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎶🕊️🎶🐝💝. 3mo

lil1inblue 💛 ❤ 💛 3mo

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kspenmoll

A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America | Sheri Williamson

My last leisurely Monday morning of the summer. I will be at work next Monday. ☹️ #coffeeandbooks #hummingbirds

AlaMich I start today 😕 Hearing that alarm this morning was rough! (edited) 3mo

Tamra I have to start prepping today. I‘m not going to hurry. 😏 3mo

Daisey Enjoy! Same here. I start tomorrow, so I‘m having a very leisurely morning before I go run some errands and finish some last minute prep. 3mo

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Cathythoughts Enjoy your last leisurely Monday 🥰. That was a fast summer ! 3mo

Bookwormjillk Enjoy. This summer went too fast! 3mo

dabbe 💛💜🧡 3mo

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kspenmoll

A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America | Sheri Williamson

#FridayHappyReadingHour
We need a better hummingbird book- I have seen 3 varieties at our feeder, but only 1 is identified in the tagged book. Suggestions?
Enjoying Tost Sparkling Wine, thanks to @Amiable while happily reading.

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TheBookHippie I haven‘t found a good one either 😵‍💫😭 3mo

Aims42 Hmm, if I come across a good one, I‘ll let you know 🤔 In the meantime, enjoy your wine! 🥂 3mo

Tamra Happy Friday! Nothing better. 🎉 3mo

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dabbe @spenmoll @TheBookHippie @Aims42 ... I don't know if you've seen these, but we absolutely LOVE these hummingbird feeders. 1st: easy to clean. 2nd: the birds can actually REST while drinking. 3rd: No need to use the artificial dyed food: just a 1:4 sugar/water ratio. 4th: Our birds LOVE these feeders!
Link: https://order.wbu.com/shop/bird-feeders/hummingbird-feeders 3mo

Aims42 @dabbe Oh wow! I‘ve never seen this style of hummingbird feeder, I love your reasons!! Thanks for the link!!! 3mo

Amiable Which aisle in Big Y was the Töst? I went looking at the one in Old Lyme the other day but didn‘t find it. I probably walked right past it. 3mo

dabbe @Aims42 Yay! Let me know if you like them! 💛🤎🧡 3mo

mcctrish I‘m going to get one of this style feeder for my sister for her cottage - Happy Friday 3mo

kspenmoll @Amiable I am going tomorrow so I will check. It was on a top shelf- not with soda, next isle. Will let you know. 3mo

kspenmoll @dabbe I have one of these but I need a second! I did not even realize about the perch thing. The one I have is in garden. But now I want to replace the kitchen window one that is so active & we all can see them. My garden one I have to be on the porch. I do make my own sugar water, so easy! Thank you!!!! (edited) 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish YAY! 💛🤎🧡 3mo

dabbe @kspenmoll 💛🤎🧡 3mo

janeycanuck Not a book but have you used the Merlin app? It‘s from Cornell and it‘ll identify birds by photo or sound. 3mo

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ncsufoxes

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

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My mom bought this for my oldest, so I read it before he took it. He‘s going back to RI soon for his senior year. He‘s studying Wildlife Biology & Conservation. He‘s become obsessed with birds. He‘s getting his applications ready for grad school. He wants to focus on birds (ducks or songbirds, still deciding, now that he‘s been reading about the research being done at different universities he‘s having a harder time narrowing it down). I learned

ncsufoxes some new facts: like 70% of songbirds don‘t survive into adulthood. I can see why my son is so captivated by these animals. I‘m happy that he‘s found his passion & hopefully he‘ll get the opportunity to become a bird researcher. I keep telling him he needs to post more on IG to bring more attention to birds. I enjoyed getting to learn more about birds on the west coast & jealous of Amy Tan‘s drawing abilities. 3mo

AnnCrystal 🎓👏🏼🥳 Birds are SUCH magical creatures 🥲🐦💝💝💝. (edited) 3mo

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