Bird Watching News

It's open season on snowy owls at area airports after the Port Authority apparently added them to the list of birds it kills in order to prevent bird strikes , according to published reports.

This was while watching a dozen or so of the screeching, crested birds swooping in and gobbling up the corn kernels I put out for wild turkeys.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Crisp. Is your favorite movie The Big Year ? Do you have a desire to pass on your love of bird watching to your children? The Children's Christmas Bird Count is just the ticket.

Snowy owls are being spotted around Southwest Michigan and an Allegan County trooper was able to get a shot of one of the beautiful birds.

An internationally known artist, naturalist and author of a popular guidebook series will speak about bird-watching Saturday on the LSU campus.

For many people this means a trip to see relatives in far off places. My students are already talking about their plans for the break and I am always interested to hear where they are going.

You're making your holiday shopping list and checking it twice, and here are some gift ideas for the gardeners _ naughty or nice _ in your life.

Sit around and do nothing This is actually my favorite strategy all year round. But it's particularly rewarding in mid-October, when no pressing watering, deadheading, or staking issues are likely to present themselves.

Birds are interesting creatures to watch. They flit and fly around, bouncing from tree to feeder.

On Saturday, November 2, 2013, Friends of Tigertail Beach hosted their Fifth Breakfast & Birds event - Welcome Back our Northern Nesters.

It's winter and there couldn't be a better time than now to head out into the wild.

During this 31 2-hour workshop, Scott Albaugh, Zane State College wildlife field biology instructor and vice president of the Greater Mohican Audubon Society, will explain how to attract different species of birds using specific types of feeders and seeds.

Parents and children enjoy spending quality time together, but it's not always easy to find shared interests.

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.

The brochure, "For the Birds, Bird Watching in Cayuga County" highlights 14 prime bird watching locations as well as several just outside the county's limits, said Meg Vanek, executive director of the tourism office.

Spring and summer are when most people seek to get outdoors, but I actually prefer winter in the Lowcountry, particularly if my aim is one of my chief hobbies, photographing birds.

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Things have gone to the birds here at Woods Edge, the two acres outside Pittsburg that we call home.

Sit around and do nothing This is actually my favorite strategy all year round. But it's particularly rewarding in mid-October, when no pressing watering, deadheading, or staking issues are likely to present themselves.

If you are looking for a new and simple hobby, then consider wild bird watching.

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.