Tag Archives: birding

Deliver me in a black-winged bird: Meeting an eagle

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Midnight blue water rested at the horizon under a brightening sky, framing shafts of pine and fir at shore’s edge. It was a July dawn in 1995, and I was visiting Lopez Island, off the coast of Seattle, birdwatching. Bald … Continue reading →

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Pearly finds a home

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

My friend Meredith and I were near the end of our Saturday birdwalk at the Coyote Hills Regional Park wetlands along the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The November morning was crisp, and we’d enjoyed the usual show of white-crowned sparrows, … Continue reading →

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Sunday birding notes

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

A beautiful, cloudless bright day today with a stiff breeze–which made for a quiet day of birding. Five miles outside of Boulder at Walden Ponds–open pits from gravel mining fifty years ago that filled with water and are now a … Continue reading →

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Sundays with eagles

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Last Sunday morning I joined a group that met at the reservoir a few miles outside of town to watch for raptors. Since moving to Boulder a couple years ago I’ve become a fan of winter birding. Raptors abound, and … Continue reading →

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Birds are moving north

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

When I was a child, the indisputable sign of spring was my father triumphantly announcing, “I saw a robin today!” We lived in the Great Lakes area, west of Toledo, Ohio, where the damp cold of winter seeped into your … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged birding, birds, birdwatching, climate change, global warming, meadowlarks, robins | 1 Comment

Great Backyard Bird Count 2009

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

For the first time ever, I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, going on through tomorrow, Feb. 16. Here are the instructions

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House finch fooler

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today over lunch I heard the warbles of a house finch in the pine tree just outside our dining room window. Those long trills, meandering up and down, as if they could go on forever. Ahhhh! Instantly I felt warmer, … Continue reading →

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