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7. maj 2026 kl. 03:35
Drought in Colorado isn’t abstract—it’s shaping decisions right now, from headwater streams to major reservoirs. And this year, the signals are hard to ignore. At the same time, conversations...
It is spring, and with the turning of the seasons comes longer days, fragrant blossoms, and, of course, migratory birds. Mixed in with the Southwest’s hummingbirds, warblers, and flycatchers is...
6. maj 2026 kl. 23:02
Linton, IN (May 6, 2026) – At the height of spring migration, when millions of birds are returning to the Midwest, Governor Mike Braun joined Audubon Great Lakes, Sassafras Audubon Society, Amos...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The Anchorage Birding Trail is an interactive guide designed to help residents and visitors discover some of the best birding locations across the Anchorage region. From coastal...
Audubon Alaska has spent the past several years working with partners to create birding trails that make Alaska’s extraordinary birdlife more accessible to everyone. These virtual trails—curated...
6. maj 2026 kl. 20:38
10 Common Bird Songs From Across North America Every week during spring, new birds are migrating back to your yard, neighborhood, and local parks. And once they return, they’ll let... Read more »
6. maj 2026 kl. 17:59
MERRILL, Wis. (May 4, 2026) — As forest bird populations decline, one Wisconsin maple producer is showing how working forests can be part of the solution. Nature’ly Sweet, operated by...
Regular readers of this blog will be aware of my exceptional ability to fail to take exceptionally good videos. I am not talking about my videos being shaky and out of focus as that at least means I took the video, no I’m talking about all the videos I fail to take because of my continued inability to press the record button. Yesterday evening saw yet another monumental f**k up and quite possibly the all-time best video that I never took when I had a Great Grey Owl at about 15m range with a large vole in its bill. The vole was still alive and its feet twitching when the owl delivered the killer bite to the head, ate the head and then swallowed the body all whilst looking at me. The light was good, it was in sharp focus and I was holding the superzoom steady but had I pressed record? I thought I had, I even thought I had checked the red circle was showing in the top right corner of the view finder. But no, of course, I hadn’t and I am still kicking myself. We are talking about a video (that wasn’t) so incredibly good that David Attenborough would have paid me for the honour of narrating it. This video which was taken immediately after has me expressing my utter contempt for myself whilst the owl looks on…. Great Grey Owl (lappugle) just after it swallowed a big vole but you'll just have to take my word for that as I FAILED to film it This happening arose as Jack accompanied me on a trip to deepest Hedmark to try to get to the bottom of the GGO situation anno 2026. We checked 4 platforms and 2 old Buzzard nests without finding any incubating GGs. At the platform that I have visited twice before in April the pair were present and the female was very aggressive with bill clicking beginning when we were 50m away and had yet to see her. She also adopted a threat posture and looked like she might fly at us at any moment. Her bill clicking also brought the male in who sat a bit less open but also clicked at us. This aggression from GGO when they do not have young to protect is most unusual (perhaps unprecedented) as is the fact that the pair clearly remains in breeding modus but have not yet laid eggs and it is surely too late now. the female in threat posture the male the males the pair with the female on the left The hunting bird we saw was an encouraging sign but the fact it ate the vole rather than flying off with it to feed a mate leaves me not knowing whether or not it was a breeding bird. I do know of an occupied nest but have yet to visit that site as it has been important that I find my own birds but I may have to give up on that hope for this year. We ruined our finger nails scratching on trunks under every woodpecker hole we saw with only a Great Spotted pecker ever flying out but at a nestbox we did finally find breeding Tengmalm’s although it was Jack who scratched so I still do not know if I have a technique that works. Other birds seen were a couple of Capers but again females, Black Grouse, Wryneck and Woodcock but it was a cold day with temperatures falling below zero as soon as it got dark and that probably caused less activity than we could have hoped for. we had two roadside sightings of Moose Back in Oslo this morning I was faced with the realisation that springs undoubted highlight - the wader migration at Svellet - is pretty much over. Water levels rose another 20cm yesterday to 4.03m and whilst there is still mud and shallow water there are clearly few remaining areas where there is food in the mud and wader numbers were nearly halved from yesterday and many were just roosting rather than feeding. It is a travesty that such an internationally important staging post for shorebirds cannot be managed better but that pretty much sums up «conservation» in the world’s richest and «best» country. Svellet 6th May. There is still (dry) mud but water levels have risen a lot In Maridalen it looks like the 3rd Lapwing nest has now hatched with there being four young near it and no bird still incubating and yesterday’s brood of three is actually four but I never saw these two broods simultaneously so there remains a very small chance that one single brood of four 1-2 day old young was able to cross a ditch. a brood of day old Lapwing (vipe) rarity of the day was this all black corvid on the Lapwing field. I concluded with it being a 2cy Rook (kornkråke) rather than a Carrion Crow (svartkråke) but it ain't always straightforward especially at distance in heat haze. Interestingly the Lapwings which always tried to chase away any intruding Hooded Crows left this bird alone
In summer of 2025, I embarked on the internship assignment of my dreams. Armed with a Nikon D3200, a 2008 birding map, and a healthy supply of coffee, I set out with my coworker to photograph all 35...
Ringmærkningen: Even though the sunrise was beautiful this morning, it didn't bring us a lot of activity in the garden, so there was time for coffee, storytelling, and datacheck. With only one bird for...
Ringmærkningen: Even though the sunrise was beautiful this morning, it didn't bring us a lot of activity in the garden, so there was time for coffee, storytelling, and datacheck. With only one bird for...
Ringmærkningen : Trækket på Odden : Se alle dagens observationer ved Gedser Odde i DOFbasen. Folk på stationen: Cyann Ménard, Mathilde Sif Eiby, Sjoerd van Baal, Olga Fernandez Enriquez,Hans Lind,...
Efter omkring 100 års fravær genindvandrede blåhalsen i 1992 som dansk ynglefugl i det sønderjyske grænseland. I årene efter spredte den sig nordpå i Jylland. Nu er også Fyn, Sjælland og Sydhavsøerne blevet levested for blåhalsen
Observation: Ringing: Little tern project: Today was a very slow day for the Little tern observation. In the two hours I was there, I only saw 2 Little terns flying, and one of them made a landing in...
Wader numbers continue to increase at Svellet but today the water levels also rose by a whole 18cm. If this continues then things will soon change from mighty to morbid. The first calidris, a Dunlin, has now turned up and we can only cross as many fingers and toes as possible and hope we have at least another week of fun. In other news there seemed to be a small fall of Redstarts, Whinchats and Wheatears today which allowed me to come up with the hilarious line “it’s starting to get chatty”… I’ll get my coat. Svellet today 5th May and the scenes yesterday At nearby Merkja a pair (one of two present) showed well today And in Maridalen it was a red letter day with the first Lapwing young noted. Two broods were seen with a minimum of 3 and 1 young and another birds was still on the nest having been saved by the farmer when he ploughed a couple of days ago. There were 10 adults in total with another two females just wandering around on their own so there is still a chance for further, late, breeding.
After having counted so many Fulmars (Mallemuk) and Kittiwakes (Ride) on our little seawtaching session yesterday evening, expectations were high for today?s migration count held by János, Dylan and...
Ringmærkningen : The weather has improved from yesterday to today and we have noticed that in the nets. 54 new ringed birds, mainly lesser whitethroats (gærdesanger) and black caps (munk). One of the...
5. maj 2026 kl. 00:00
Observations:Todays observations can be seen here.Ringing: Little tern project: Today was a short day for little tern observations because the military was unexpectedly training this morning. I wasn?t...
4. maj 2026 kl. 22:00
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4. maj 2026 kl. 21:53
This article was written by Eduardo González‑Sargas, a Colorado State University research scientist and ecologist whose work focuses on river and restoration ecology.For more than a decade...
4. maj 2026 kl. 21:53
