The #birds that call #Georgia home, including hooded warblers, tufted titmice & common grackles, will not be changing their signature tweets, squawks, chirps or peeps, but a well-known group dedicated to protecting the state’s favorite feathered friends is adopting a new moniker amid scrutiny of its former namesake’s #racist acts.
They will be rebranding to “#BirdsGeorgia,” but their goal of defending wild birds and their habitats will remain.
Hiya, #birdwatchers & #BirdPhotographers - can I please ask for/suggest a hashtag? I'd love to see closeups & more feather specific shots. How about #FeatherFriday - I love bird feathers & would love to see much more of them 😃
Scott Pearson, a senior research scientist with the #Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), said that the 379-acre federal and state #wildlife#sanctuary – the 10th largest #RhinocerosAuklet colony in the world – in 2008 had an estimated 36,145 occupied burrows, and that “we hope to repeat this survey in the next couple of years.”
"tomorrow morning a birding bonanza from Texas to Michigan.
Check out the three-night Birdcast migration forecast, or use the Migration Dashboard to see what happened last night in the skies above your state or county:" https://dashboard.birdcast.info/
It identified 20 species of birds this morning in my yard, with quite a few new ones. This is my first year paying attention to such things. Is that number of birds and new birds normal for this time of year in SE Pennsylvania? Or is the app malfunctioning?
I live a mile from a river and have bird feeders.
I don’t know but now I’m very interested in the app! I live right by a river as well and see a lot of different birds but 20! From what I know, I see osprey, crows, seagulls, herons, pelicans and anhinga (aka snake bird).
I never thought I liked birds so much until I moved here about 2.5 yrs ago to the space coast of Florida.