(Taken from a post to HMBirds on Thu, 27 Mar)
Greetings,
With a little bit of time before meeting up with my
girlfriend this evening I stopped by Geoffroy’s Pond
on Miller Road in Churchtown.
The pond was alive with waterfowl activity and the
expected Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Common Mergansers,
and Mallards were found. However the real surprise
came while watching the […]

Greetings,
Chat Happens wants to congratulate our good friend Anne on observing her life Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) this past week in California’s Central Valley. For those of you that are not aware, Ruff is a Eurasian species of shorebird that is an annual visitor to North America, primarily on both coasts. The males of the species […]

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Good news for the bird world today as the scientific community released information that Beck’s Petrel has finally been discovered once again, this time the first sightings occurring in 79 years. It is a truly remarkable find, and because all of us at Chat Happens are seabird lovers through and through we wanted to share […]

…Spring is on the way, and there apparently appears to be no stopping it (finally!). The continuation of the Brown Thrasher at the house along with reports from nearby of Turkey Vultures and Pied-billed Grebes hint at what is to come.
As a matter of fact, looking over our Spring Arrival Dates for the northeast shows […]

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Looking over the eBird page, I figured it was due time to write a short post about the site. If you aren’t familiar with it, eBird was started several years ago between NAS and the Cornell Lab of O. It is a wonderful online tool, that when used correctly can provide many wonderful experiences in […]