Birdchick Podcast

Have you checked out the web series? You have until the end of the day on June 23, 2014 to send in your guess! Watch all 7 episodes (it's only about an hour and fifteen minutes to watch the whole thing). Sad tale of a Canadian woman who stopped on a highway to help ducklings and ended up causing a fatal crash has been convicted of criminal negligence causing death. She could get a life sentence.

Guy uses a Swiffer to rid his home of a big, scary screech-owl (warning, language).

Interesting debate on the collection of birds.

Reports of black flies causing problems for nesting hawks and loons.

Crazy record of a banded Bicknell's thrush.

Could drinking shade-grown coffee help with the coffee rust crisis?

Berry farmer using cannon to scare away birds gets into altercation with irritated neighbor.

From the now defunct Birding Family CircusThere's the coming BirdSnap app or website to aid in bird ID.

Are you aware of the birding term "stringing" and have you been guilty of it? This also leads us to Birder Shaming.

Is birding too popular (eye roll).

From the now defunct Birding Family CircusThere's the coming BirdSnap app or website to aid in bird ID.

Are you aware of the birding term "stringing" and have you been guilty of it? This also leads us to Birder Shaming.

Is birding too popular (eye roll).

Non Birding Bill and Greg Miller!

THE APP GIVEAWAY MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST IS NOW CLOSED. WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY ALL THE APP CODES. 

Tree trimmer accused of putting herons in wood chipper in Oakland apparently didn't do that and is genuinely sorry for the situation.

Passenger pigeon article Sharon talked about. And here's the group that wants to bring 'em back.

The Dead Birds Facebook page.

Gadget birders vs non gadget birders. Is this really a thing? And Lili Taylor watching birds from the top of the Empire State Building.

The bird books we talked about are pictured above.

Episode 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAZS7tllt3Q

Episode 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FU8b3K6nZo

Non Birding Bill and Greg Miller!

THE APP GIVEAWAY MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST IS NOW CLOSED. WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY ALL THE APP CODES. 

Tree trimmer accused of putting herons in wood chipper in Oakland apparently didn't do that and is genuinely sorry for the situation.

Passenger pigeon article Sharon talked about. And here's the group that wants to bring 'em back.

The Dead Birds Facebook page.

Gadget birders vs non gadget birders. Is this really a thing? And Lili Taylor watching birds from the top of the Empire State Building.

The bird books we talked about are pictured above.

Episode 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAZS7tllt3Q

Episode 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FU8b3K6nZo

Here's a link to an Audubon article that ticked me off because at first glance I thought it made digiscoping look like a joke. But it brings up a bigger questions of what is a photo and what is art. Examples of photos that have been manipulated green heron contest winner or blue heron and bald eagle photo. Here's an article in Audubon about what qualifies as natural as they had to disqualify a great photo because it was technically manipulated.

Here's a link to an Audubon article that ticked me off because at first glance I thought it made digiscoping look like a joke. But it brings up a bigger questions of what is a photo and what is art. Examples of photos that have been manipulated green heron contest winner or blue heron and bald eagle photo. Here's an article in Audubon about what qualifies as natural as they had to disqualify a great photo because it was technically manipulated.

Yep. Another oil spill. Follow National Audubon on Facebook for the most up to date info.  Here's a petition.

Owl rides a train from Scotland to the UK.

Eagle flirting gets out of control.

Ravens to be culled in favor of spotted owls.

Worst bird bander ever?

Stinky cuckoo is not the worse parasite ever.

Birder movie reviews.

Crow solves an 8-step puzzle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaITA7eBZE

Yep. Another oil spill. Follow National Audubon on Facebook for the most up to date info.  Here's a petition.

Owl rides a train from Scotland to the UK.

Eagle flirting gets out of control.

Ravens to be culled in favor of spotted owls.

Worst bird bander ever?

Stinky cuckoo is not the worse parasite ever.

Birder movie reviews.

Crow solves an 8-step puzzle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaITA7eBZE

What's news in Minnesota? Eagle gossip. Also, this photo taken by Joseph Scrimshaw at a truck stop disturbed me:

I don't know if you guys know this...but some dude named David Allen Sibley released a revised bird book and was in the Wall Street Journal.

Ugh.  More snowy owl madness.  Here's a crazy shot of one in Louisiana and Project SnowStorm has to delay their maps because some guy decided to be a jerk because he legally could in Pennsylvania.

Hey, want to track those migrants? Here's a cool real time map of wind, you can see what conditions are like all over the world to find out if birds are on the move and where they might congregate. Don't forget BirdCast or BadBirdz migration radar.

A really cool fundraiser called Champions of the Flyway.

This winter has been hard on some of the ducks that spend it on the Great Lakes.

Check out Lang Elliot's woodcock page.  And if you are on Facebook, follow Lang Elliot--he's a cool dude.