The Birders Report

Since we were talking about “Birding by Ear”  I thought you might be interested in this article from Science Daily on a new technology to facilitate bird population surveys.  I think you will find it quite interesting.   Chaffinch photo by Andrew Howe ScienceDaily (July 28, 2008) — Switch on the mike, start the recording, the [...]

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The Bird’s Nest – Beijing National Stadium The construction on this building began in March of 2004 and was just recently completed. It has 80,000 permanent seats and will add another 11,000 temporary seats for the 2008 Olympic games. This is a huge structure and Herzog and DeMeuron have contributed some green solutions into their [...]

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Audubon Action Alert! Yesterday, former Vice President Gore issued a challenge to America to produce 100% of our electricity from solar, wind and other non-carbon sources within 10 years. Audubon is proud to partner with the Alliance for Climate Protection’s We Can Solve It campaign (www.wecansolveit.org), and this bold challenge to America is exactly what [...]

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“Listen To My Song” photo by Walter Ammann One of the best ways to identify birds in the wild is by their calls or songs.  Here is the call of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Ruby-crowned Kinglet Have you noticed when you are out walking, it doesn’t even matter where you are, you will hear birds calling. You [...]

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  Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) photo by Mark Schmitt ITHACA, NY-­ Evolution seems to have happened in fits and starts,­ at least that’s what the fossil record shows. From trilobites to pterodactyls, ammonites to Archaeopteryx, scientists find the same pattern: brief bursts of innovation in which a single species, or branch on the tree of life, [...]

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