With proper technique, your birding can be a source of great joy, rather than a pain in the neck. Birders joke about it every spring, that period when we experience aches and pains in the neck and shoulders. Warbler neck is caused by looking up into the treetops with binoculars for extended periods. It is […]
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If you are one of the millions of people who watched the movie The Big Year and thought “Hey, I think I’ll try this bird watching thing! It sounds kind of fun!” Well not only are you right—it IS fun—but you’ve come to the right place to get started. My family has been publishing Bird
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Easy Drippers We know that water in motion attracts birds, and I’ve discovered an inexpensive, easy way to add a dripper to my birdbath. I’ve used it for some time now with considerable success. My dripper is made from a plastic one-gallon milk container with a really small hole punched in it about 1-1/2 inch
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The winters of 2013-2014 and 2017-2018 were “irruption” years for snowy owls, when abundant food during nesting season yielded more eggs per nest. As winter came, the huge population of snowies dispersed the Far North breeding territory to more southerly locales. That happens every winter, but when the spring has been particularly fecund, snowies are
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