Bird Bling: The Why & How of Bird Banding Research Bird Bling By Krista Botting, Summer Field Biologist A Day in the Life A typical banding day begins when the birds get up, just before dawn. Naturalist Tait Johansson and Field Biologist Krista Botting are often...
Baby Eastern Bluebirds by Krista Botting
Nest Boxes: Manage, Maintain, & Monitor The Three Ms of Nest Boxes: Manage, Maintain, & Monitor By Krista Botting, Summer Field Biologist Being the “landlord” of a nest box doesn’t have to take up a lot of time, but it’s not a good idea to put one up and...
Tree Swallow nest by Krista Botting
Nest Boxes: How to Select the Perfect Box Nest Boxes: How to Select the Perfect Box By Krista Botting, Summer Field Biologist The breeding season is well under way, and many breeding pairs are beginning a second brood while some later nesters are just beginning to...
July Nature Almanac: What to Look for this Month 5 Look for the dark pink flowers of Swamp Milkweed in open wetlands. These flowers often attract wetland butterflies like the Mulberry Wing and Black Dash. 9 Full Moon. 15 Look for American...
Turkey Vulture at Chestnut Ridge HawkWatch by Anna Butler
Join our HawkWatch Team as the Lead Counter CHESTNUT RIDGE HAWKWATCH LEAD COUNTER Bedford Audubon is pleased to announce the availability of a 13-week paid opportunity in field (raptors) biology at our Chestnut Ridge HawkWatch in Bedford Corners, New York. Required...
Variegated Solomon's Seal by Bob Rohr
Find Inspiration with Our Garden Tours this Season Join us this season for a series of area garden tours in New York and Connecticut. The gardens feature both native plants and an exploration of gardens designed by Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959), a pioneering landscape...
Native trumpet honeysuckle by Bob Rohr
Ten Reasons to Volunteer in our Leon Levy Native Garden 1. It’s a great way for you to learn more about native plants— no prior experience necessary, and we welcome all ages and abilities! 2. You’ll get to see and hear lots of fabulous birds that...
Forest of fireflies by University of Florida
June Nature Almanac 5 Look for Hobomok Skippers, a small but striking orange, brown, and yellow butterfly, zipping by you as you walk along the edges of deciduous woods. 9 Full Moon. 15 Listen for Eastern Gray Tree Frogs’ loud, ringing, bird-like trill on warm...
May Nature Almanac May 2017 5-6 Eta Aquariid meteor shower. 10 Full moon. Approximate peak of spring bird migration. 15 Female turtles of several different species headed to specific egg-laying localities. When r escuing a turtle from a road, always put it on the...
Adult male
Hidalgo Co., TX
January 2009
April Nature Almanac April 2017 1 Many shorter-distance migrant birds now arriving or passing through, among them Northern Flicker, both Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, many sparrow species, and a few of our earliest warblers like Pine and Yellow-rumped. 5 ...
