Tag: Birding
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Birding begins with a simple desire: to look at a bird. Binoculars improve this process by introducing focus wheels, diopter adjustments, field of view, eye relief, objective diameter, close-focus distance, lens…
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A barred owl perched above a local hiking trail confirmed Thursday that it had been aware of passing hikers for several minutes before any of them noticed it.
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A Turkey Vulture is difficult to market. The head is bare and red. The diet is dead animals. When overheated, it may defecate on its own legs.
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There is a large class of birds whose main field mark is that they have been standing ten feet from you for most of your life.
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The American Woodcock is a shorebird that lives in the woods. It has a long bill, a round body, short legs, eyes placed high and far back on the skull, and a walk that looks like somebody has attached a small motor to…
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The beginner birding problem is not merely that birds are difficult to see. It is that several birds have declined to sound like birds.
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A bald eagle interrupted a regional watershed-restoration announcement Friday to remind assembled reporters that it remains “the primary visual representative of the United States.”