Category: Ecology and Environment
My “First Of Year” Sage Thrasher
Burrowing Owls And Banding
The Value (and rewards) Of Reporting Banded Birds
A Survivor! Last Year’s One-footed Merganser Has Returned
Black-billed Magpie – Paying The Price For An Ethical Stance
Farmington Bay, Bald Eagles And The 2014 Carp Kill
For years managers at Farmington Bay WMA have killed carp as a management tool. The dead fish bring in hundreds of Bald Eagles but this year, because of the West Nile Virus outbreak in the eagle population, managers had to decide whether or not to proceed with the fish kill. That decision has been made.
Two Bald Eagle Surprises – One Good, The Other Not So Much…
A Kestrel, A Mouse And The Potential Demise Of Farmington Bay WMA
A Coot In Pursuit Of A Grebe’s Fish
Pied-billed Grebe Feeding Behavior And An Invasive Species
My Puritan Ancestor and the Passenger Pigeon
Kite String – Yet Another Death Trap For Birds
Several years ago the neighbor kids in the home behind and adjoining my back yard would occasionally fly kites from their own yard. Given the small size of their lot and the many mature and very large trees in the neighborhood it was a kite-disaster waiting to happen. I had no inkling at the time that it would also be a disaster for a bird.
My Love-Hate Relationship With Phragmites
I have a complicated relationship with Phragmites. Though some strains are native to North America, much more vigorous invasive varieties from Eurasia haven taken over many of our wetlands and proven to be extremely difficult to control. Dense “reed stands” of Phragmites with their dramatic seed plumes waving in the breeze can be strikingly beautiful but they’re a huge problem in our wetlands.
Lazuli Buntings In The San Rafael Swell
My “First Of Year” Sage Thrasher
Burrowing Owls And Banding
The Value (and rewards) Of Reporting Banded Birds
A Survivor! Last Year’s One-footed Merganser Has Returned
Black-billed Magpie – Paying The Price For An Ethical Stance
Farmington Bay, Bald Eagles And The 2014 Carp Kill
For years managers at Farmington Bay WMA have killed carp as a management tool. The dead fish bring in hundreds of Bald Eagles but this year, because of the West Nile Virus outbreak in the eagle population, managers had to decide whether or not to proceed with the fish kill. That decision has been made.
Two Bald Eagle Surprises – One Good, The Other Not So Much…
A Kestrel, A Mouse And The Potential Demise Of Farmington Bay WMA
A Coot In Pursuit Of A Grebe’s Fish
Pied-billed Grebe Feeding Behavior And An Invasive Species
My Puritan Ancestor and the Passenger Pigeon
Kite String – Yet Another Death Trap For Birds
Several years ago the neighbor kids in the home behind and adjoining my back yard would occasionally fly kites from their own yard. Given the small size of their lot and the many mature and very large trees in the neighborhood it was a kite-disaster waiting to happen. I had no inkling at the time that it would also be a disaster for a bird.
My Love-Hate Relationship With Phragmites
I have a complicated relationship with Phragmites. Though some strains are native to North America, much more vigorous invasive varieties from Eurasia haven taken over many of our wetlands and proven to be extremely difficult to control. Dense “reed stands” of Phragmites with their dramatic seed plumes waving in the breeze can be strikingly beautiful but they’re a huge problem in our wetlands.