Posts Tagged ‘shorebirds’
Piping Plover Chicks Foraging
We are pleased to bring you another short photo essay on Piping Plover Chicks, from our guest photographer Townsend P. Dickinson.
Read MoreEpisode #065: Life Along the Delaware Bay
Niles, Burger & Dey. Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds., are the guests on this BirdCallsRadio. Dr. Lawrence Niles, Dr. Joanna Burger, and Dr. Amanda Dey have worked extensively with the birds _ especially shorebirds _ of the Delaware Bay and have written a fascinating and exceedingly informative book about the area and its importance to birds.
Read MoreAuthors of "Life Along the Delaware Bay" next guests on BirdCallsRadio
Dr. Lawrence Niles, Dr. Joanna Burger, and Dr. Amanda Dey, Authors of “Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million
Shorebirds,” will be the next guests on BirdCallsRadio. They have worked extensively with the birds _ especially shorebirds _ of the Delaware
Bay and have written a fascinating and exceedingly informative book about the area and its importance to birds.
Episode #063: Wayne Petersen
Wayne Petersen, Director, Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Important Bird Area (IBA) program. Wayne discusses the IBA program and what it takes for a property to be considered an IBA. He also talks about seabirds and some of his state’s IBA properties off shore.
Read MoreWayne Petersen next guest on BirdCallsRadio
Wayne R. Petersen, director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program, will be the next guest on BirdCallsRadio.
Read MoreEpisode #062: Lloyd Spitalnik
Lloyd Spitalnik, nature photographer.discusses his photo book “Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird & Nature Photography,” as well as nature photography in general, the equipment he uses and how he captures some of his amazing shorebird photos.
Read MoreLloyd Spitalnik next guest on BirdCallsRadio
Lloyd Spitalnik, a well known birder and accomplished photographer, living and working in New York City, talks on his new book “Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird and Nature Photography,” co-authored with his friends Kevin Karlson (The Shorebird Guide) and Scott Elowitz (Lenscoat.com) will be available at the end of July. Lloyd’s photographs have appeared in Audubon, Natural History, Birder’s World, Wildbird, and Birding (ABA) magazines, as well as in The New York Times and New York Daily News.
Read MoreKilldeer chicks already
While many migrating birds haven’t even arrived in New England yet, some birds are already busy raising young. I came across this killdeer family at a cemetery in Darien, Conn., the other day. To me, it seems a little early for birds such as killdeer to have chicks, but I haven’t been…
Read MoreBirdCallsRadio: Don Reipe
Don Riepe, guardian of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, talks to BirdCallsRadio about Jamaica Bay, a refuge in the shadows of the New York City skyline. He discusses shorebird identification, walking through the woods as a kid and how to get kids involved in the outdoors. Joe Warren of Wild Birds Unlimited talks about keeping feeders clean.
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