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By Bruce Wunderlich on April 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Odd Nuthatch Nesting Behavior Caught on “Film”!

I enjoy watching and photographing bird behavior. Recently I had the opportunity to photograph a white-breasted nuthatch pair as they prepared to nest in my backyard. Nuthatches make their nests in natural cavities, such as a broken limb or tree trunk or perhaps an old woodpecker hole. My nuthatch pair found a cavity in tree… Read more »

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By Jessica Melfi on April 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

Hope Springs Eternal

A little over a year ago, just as Ohio’s governor was announcing stay-at-home orders, I was packing up my things to do the exact opposite. An unhealthy situation prohibited me from staying in my house any longer. And so, I said goodbye to my home for the past twelve years—the first house I had owned,… Read more »

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By Dawn Hewitt on April 15, 2021 Leave a Comment

Red Knot Habitat Protected: Good News, Long-Time Coming

Just shy of six years ago, some of the staff of Bird Watchers Digest and a couple dozen of our friends enjoyed the Red Knot Reader Rendezvous along the Delaware Bay, perfectly timed to witness northbound red knot migration. Our hosts for the event were members of the leadership of the American Birding Association, including… Read more »

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By Hank Weber on April 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

Six Annoying Habits of Bird Watchers

You would be hard-pressed to find a nicer group of people than birdwatchers. Of course, as in any large group, you might find an occasional bad apple, a braggard, a know-it-all, a loudmouth. But for the most part, birders lean heavily toward the nice, kind, gentle end of the spectrum Especially when you compare them… Read more »

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By Wendy Clark on April 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

Drumroll Please… Introducing Our 2021 Optics Guide

Allow us to introduce the 2021 Redstart Birding Optics Guide! It’s hot off the digital presses, it’s downloadable, it’s full of amazing products and content, and best of all, it’s FREE.   Are you rolling your eyes at the thought of downloading yet another sales catalog to your growing digital pile? Trust us, our 2021 Optics Guide is much more than a catalog of products for you to flip through, although we do list them all—including every doggone detail and pricing… Read more »

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By Sarah Clark on April 7, 2021 Leave a Comment

Raptor Dreams

I had a bird dream the night before I set the world I’d known on fire.  Two large owls of indeterminate species were in the upstairs room of my first childhood home (of course, being a dream, it both was and wasn’t the same structure). I was panicking about the safety of some kittens that… Read more »

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By Dawn Hewitt on April 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

Safe Places for Eggs 

For the first time in the nearly seven years I’ve lived in this house, birds have nested on my front porch. Not one nest, but two: a robin and a mourning dove. I’ve long expected mourning doves to realize that the tops of the porch–roof support columns are wide enough for a nest, but it never happened until now, and, in fact, it was the robins who chose… Read more »

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By Kelly Ball on April 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

Use BirdCast to Monitor Spring Bird Migration

Let’s be real: There’s no substitute for the thrill of being out in the field to witness neotropical migrants and the requisite sensory overload. Just recently I’ve enjoyed the early offerings my local Columbus, Ohio, ravine provides come late March: eastern phoebes, brown creepers, chipping sparrows, to name a few.   Now that I work… Read more »

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By Wendy Clark on March 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

The Only Constant Is Change

Last year at this time we were in a COVID-19 tailspin at Bird Watcher’s Digest. Our governor had issued a shutdown order for all businesses in the state, and, like everyone in the world, we were terrified and dumbfounded. Honestly, our team of 12 people (who capably handle the daily workload of about 30 people) was just… Read more »

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By Kelly Ball on March 24, 2021 Leave a Comment

Eco-friendly Spring Gardening

I’ll always enjoy the coziness of wintertime, but nothing rivals the anticipation of emerging bulbs and plants awakening in the flower beds in my yard come springtime. Last spring, when the pandemic effectively eliminated all of my 2020 travel, I turned to yardwork and improving the “birdiness” of my plants and flowers to bolster my… Read more »

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