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My Top 15 Birding Resources

By BirdDude on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Since this blog began almost two years ago, I’ve tried to make a habit of visiting the top birding and birdwatching blogs on the internet. As I am a recent newcomer to the field, I know I have a lot to learn from these fine people who have made birding a major part of their [...]

Bird Calls And Songs

By BirdDude on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | No Comments

How sharp are you identifying bird calls and songs in your backyard? Do you find yourself calling out bird species while out in the woods? Or do you have to spot them with your binoculars and fumble through a printed guidebook to find them? Don’t get me wrong. Field guides have their place to give [...]

Julie Zickefoose Was Absolutely Correct

By BirdDude on Friday, June 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Just like Julie Zickfoose had told me, my house wrens are behaving themselves because I’ve allowed them to have one of my bluebird houses. From early in the morning until late at night, I hear both of them singing and calling to each other. It’s actually quite sweet.

How Is Your Nesting Season Going?

By BirdDude on Friday, May 29th, 2009 | No Comments

As I’ve reported in an earlier post, my nesting season is going only OK this year. I’ve already seen my bluebirds and chickadees with their first bunch of little ones and I’ve only got one of my my two bluebird boxes with anything in it. And that something is house wrens.

When Waxwings Attack

By BirdDude on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | No Comments

I Promise Nobody Was Hurt Writing This Just last week, my wife and I were talking about birds we’d seen and haven’t seen in our backyard this winter. Somehow, the conversation turned to one of my favorite little late winter visitors, Cedar Waxwings. We normally don’t see them except in between flock movements from one [...]

Preventing Bird Strikes At Airports

By BirdDude on Friday, January 16th, 2009 | 10 Comments

With the recent near disaster bird strike of US Airways flight 1549, I thought my readers would be interested to know what bird management methods were employed by airports to reduce incidents like these. The management of birds in and around an airport requires three main components: Habitat Management Bird Control Teams Lethal Removal Of [...]