Category Archives: Travel

Bird Food For People™ ~ Eagle’s Nest Sweet Retreat

NW Ohio’s only Old Fashion Ice Cream Parlor and eatery. Near Magee Marsh & Maumee Bay Resorts. A family friendly atmosphere featuring something for every taste; from pizza, ice cream, grinders and signature coffees. Only minutes from Maumee Bay State Park, rain or shine our dining room, patio and drive thru are open 7 days a week. Continue reading

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Blackburnian Warbler, A Survivor!

Is one of the most beautiful birds in the Neotropical Wood Warbler family. Take a journey with us and discover how this little bird overcomes the obstacles to survive. Continue reading

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Bird Food For People™ ~ Seoul Gardens Chinese Restaurant

A family owned/operated business that will satisfy your palate with homemade items that are fresh. The food is always hot & tasty, cooked to order. I always look forward to my next visit when I am in town. Continue reading

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Bird Food for people™ Bodega Taco Bar

Talk about a wonderful place for hispanic/spanish/latin food. This IS the place. The word Bodega came from the actual spanish word “grocery store” – La Bodega.  This is one of those places you will definitely want to come and hangout … Continue reading

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Westport CT CBC 2011

Westport, CT CBC Christmas Bird Count Sunday December 18th 2011. This year is the 65th Annual Westport CT Christmas Bird Count, and the 112th anniversary of the National Audubon CBC concept. The intent of the count is to locate, identify, and count all birds found within a 15-mile diameter count circle, centered at Westport’s twin Bridges on Route 57. Continue reading

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Painted Bunting Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary Day Two

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Painted Bunting visits Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary

What a nice Thanksgiving gift, a Painted Bunting came to visit Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Cove Island Park, Stamford CT, today! Cove Island is the lovely Sanctuary that was host to The Fork-tailed Flycatcher last year on November 17, 2010 and that … Continue reading

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Hanging with a Vagrant in Westport CT

Sunday, November 13, 2011 was a beautiful day to be out for a local birding adventure. Thanks to Nick Bonomo for noticing that a Western Kingbird had been reported in Westport on eBird and sending an alert to the CT … Continue reading

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Bird food for people™ ~ Speedy Donuts

Many of us have fond remembrances about a really good donut, maybe like the ones we may have had when we were young, the kind that tasted homemade, and were truly delicious. It almost seems that they don’t make them … Continue reading

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Bird food for people™ ~ Pagano’s

Many folks know that Pagano’s is one of the best fish mongers in Fairfield County CT, with the freshest seafood for any cooking style. We have been going to Pagano’s for years to buy our fish. We have tried others … Continue reading

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Belize Audubon thinks locally, acts globally.

Belize Audubon Society (BAS) sent their newly hired Field Biologist, Denham Chuc, to the US to learn state of the art bird study methods and techniques at Sharon Audubon. Continue reading

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Bird food for people™

Since 1992, Super Duper Weenie has been satisfying loyal customers in Fairfield, CT with snappy hot dogs and freshly made condiments. All food is grown and made locally. Continue reading

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Reactions to The Crossley ID Guide!

The first real-life approach to bird identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide (published by Princeton University Press) will vastly improve your ability to identify birds. A must have book for putting in your library to read over and over again! Continue reading

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Migrants, Here and There, Intimate Encounters with Birds of Passage.

Are you ready for spring migration? Townsend P. Dickinson launchs lecture series starting with “Migrants, Here and There, Intimate Encounters with Birds of Passage”. A Natual History photographer for 40 years, Townsend is know for his breathtaking photographs of Wood Warblers, a project he has been photographing on there migratory path from South America forward and back again for 40 years. Continue reading

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Canon EF 200-400 f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x lens

Canon EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXTENDER 1.4x zoom – that features an integrated focal length extender to take its zoom range to 280-560mm. Continue reading

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Nantucket Gull Show

The Nantucket Gull Show ranks as one of the most awesome winter wildlife spectacles in the Western Atlantic. The winter surf-feeding guild, including Herring Gulls, Bonaparte Gulls, Lesser-black Backed Gulls, Iceland Gulls, Common Eider, Common and Barrow Golden-eyes, Buffleheads, and Black Duck, are seen regularly foraging in the breaking surf in the winter at Low Beach, Nantucket. Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

Nantucket Brant Point Lighthouse. Christmas Card greetings by two prolific photographers. Mardi & Townsend Dickinson of Connecticut. Continue reading

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White-tailed Kite

White-tailed Kite. First Connecticut State Record, Second New England Record last seen on May 15, 1910 on Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading

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