birders

Before the calendar told me that spring had arrived, a familiar visitor announced it in a very bold way. Every spring for the past several years, a northern flicker woodpecker (Colaptes auratus) has pecked away on my roof during mating season in spurts of rapid, repetitive motion lasting several seconds. The sound of a jackhammer… Continue reading

We are a group not to be ignored. The numbers of birders in the United States totals approximately 48 million individuals who generate some $82 billion in expenditures toward equipment and trips near and far to pursue the bird of a lifetime. These figures come courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. One can… Continue reading