Bird Watching News

National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 1, will be acknowledged in Great Bend by a prayer walk around the Barton County Court House at noon.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

As sure as the sun rises, Presqu'ile Provincial Park is once again playing host to thousands of tired, hungry songbirds and shorebirds as they pass through the Brighton area on their way towards their forest and Arctic summer homes via the welcoming peninsulas and treelines of one of Ontario's best migratory hot spots.

The Al-Magran nature reserve in Khartoum has been a haven for migrating birds since 1945 - but many of the species found there are endangered because of hunting, environmental damage and farming.

Wetland Wake-Up Day takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, with family-focused activities that include a migratory bird kite fly-up and projects involving butterfly houses and feeders, turtle napping stones, toad houses and bird watching.

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is hosting a free dawn chorus walk at Doxey Marshes Nature Reserve on May 10 from 5.30am to 7.30am.

The fourth annual "Feathers over Freeport" will take place Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27.

Waubonsie Valley students Rohini Gupta and Gauri Kulkarni check on one of the bluebird boxes they monitor on a regular basis.

On April 16, Avelgood released Twigle , a new bird song app that identifies birds by their songs and calls.

Bird watching is destined to be Uganda's ace over her competitors in attracting tourists in a market with similar attractions.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

Mysore, Apr. 21- More than 100 enthusiastic participants took part in the bird watching event organised by Mysore Zoo at Karanji Lake Nature Park in city yesterday morning.

Fifteen years ago, birdwatching was regarded as an unusual minority hobby in mainland China .

The Heartland Center for Spirituality is offering an overnight bird watching tour in the Great Bend and Cheyenne Bottoms wetland area, May 9-10.

Diana Churchill/For Savannah Morning News A black-necked stilt with sanderlings on Tybee's north end is an unexpected treat.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

B.I.R.D.S. are gathering in Historic Downtown Summerville - and this Third Thursday you can get a guided tour of the six installed sculptures and a preview of what will be unveiled in the coming months.

Experiential Learning is the concept that students can learn the subject matter for a course best by doing an activity or creating an artifact rather than just reading about it and sitting through lectures.

Bird Watch Ireland is selling a pair of summer jobs in the wrong way. They're almost apologetic about the opportunity to go off to an isolated island, uninhabited by humans, to monitor the roseate tern population .

Arthur, D.W., and their family and friends demonstrate effective, age-appropriate problem-solving skills.