I love engaging the next generation of birdwatchers, and I recently had the opportunity to lead a third grade class at Indian Creek Elementary (a science and technology magnet school in Lawrence, Indiana) during their Birdathon competition. The kids were amazed at how many different types of birds we...
If someone asked you to “describe the color yellow”, how would you describe it??? My engineering and science friends may say, “Doesn’t everyone know that “yellow” is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 564 and 590 nanometers?” (Yeah…sure…we know that already…) Some of my artistic and psychologist friends may...
While growing up as a kid, I can remember my Grandmother Florence often telling me, “Wayne, if you don’t have anything nice to say; don’t say anything at all.” So, I will start out by saying the Bird of the Month for this month has a very beautiful and...
ALRIGHT ALREADY!!! I know I’m a month behind on the Bird of the Month…LOL. But…nothing like the approach of spring to get my birding juices flowing again. Most of us “birders” enjoy the speedy approach of spring as it brings in a flux of migratory birds as they head...
OK…some birds have great appeal…and some birds…uggghhhh…don’t. We ended 2009 with what I considered to be a very appealing bird (Short-eared Owl), and in a somewhat strange twist we’re going to start out this brand new decade with what is quite possibly the most hated bird in America. The...
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