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The Crossley Guide Preview

By BirdDude on Saturday, February 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Thanks To The Princeton University Press I just received my review copy of the eastern bird edition of The Crossley Guide. I’ve been anxiously awaiting this for some time because the pre-press on this book touts it as a revolutionary step in bird identification. I’ll be doing a full review of it very soon but [...]

Tell Me Where You’ve Been Birding

By BirdDude on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

This is an update to a previous post . I had some server issues that are now corrected. I’ve been birding for almost seven years. Most of it has been spent at or around my home outside of Nashville, TN. I have been blessed enough to have a fairly wide variety of both permanent and [...]

Are Your Birds Warming Up For Spring?

By BirdDude on Friday, February 26th, 2010 | No Comments

I’ve been listening to my backyard since I’ve started feeding birds years ago. No matter what season it is I always try to pay attention to what’s going on back there. Last weekend we almost hit 70 degrees on Sunday and I’ve been hearing a whole lot more of the calling you hear in the [...]

Yellow Rumped Warbler Feeder Sentry

By BirdDude on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Every winter, I get an interesting mixture of wintering and migrating species to my backyard. Every year, Yellow Rumped Warblers are among these. I’ll see them but not think much about it because they have been generally non-aggressive and somewhat passive feeder customers. They pick around the ground for tidbits here and there and don’t [...]

My Covert Downy Woodpecker Spy

By BirdDude on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment

Ever Get The Feeling You’re Being Watched? Since the weather has turned colder at night I’ve had this sneaky suspicion I’m being watched every morning. As usual, my chihuahua/yorkie mix, Maggie and I go out before 6 AM. The last few mornings, however, I’ve felt there were eyes on us. I looked around and saw [...]

My Nightly Robin Birdbath Assault

By BirdDude on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments

It never ceases to amaze me how smart birds can be. Most humans see them as things lucky enough to fly wherever they need to go that spend the majority of their time looking for food. While this may be true to a large extent, they are also capable of some very intelligent flock behavior. [...]