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Early in 2008, I was embroiled in a bird watcher’s war of attrition with the neighborhood squirrels. They would twitch their noses at me and scale my bird feeder with impunity, despite my efforts to stop them from eating my sunflower seeds, peanuts and anything else I would put out for the local birds. I [...]

Tags: bird watching, nature

Did you know that Native Americans had a name for each full moon during the year? In fact, the names they gave each moon, such as Full Wolf Moon, Full Flower Moon or Full Corn Moon coincided with what was happening around them in nature. For example, the Full Wolf Moon got its name because [...]

Tags: astronomy, native american, nature

At long last! Someone finally created a bird watcher’s guide for the iPhone! Thanks to the folks over at ibirdexplorer.com, bird watchers have their choice of a number of versions of birding guides for the iPhone and iTouch: iBird Backyard: For common backyard birds of North America ($4.95) iBird West: For Western birds of North [...]

Tags: bird watching, iPhone, nature, technology

Have you ever been to the store to purchase a couple items only to walk out with a receipt that’s actually longer than the itemized one you get at the super market? Sadly, it’s a trend that’s becoming all too common these day. Ironically, these are often given to me by stores that purport to [...]

It was a beautiful Thursday so my wife, son and I went for a picnic at Atkinson Common in Newburyport, Mass. The sun was out, there was a hint of a summer breeze, the clouds seemed to be avoiding our section of sky and flitting amongst the evergreen and viburnum trees was a small, active [...]

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It’s that time of year again, when the Red-winged blackbirds have arrived in force to our neck of the woods. Coming from area marshes, meadows, fields and wetlands in Salisbury, Newburyport and Newbury, they often come to the fields, woodlands and yards of Amesbury during spring foraging trips. In fact, they came in huge numbers [...]

The total lunar eclipse that took place on Wednesday night, February 20, 2008 was nothing short of spectacular. About 40 degrees high in the eastern sky, the bright full, white moon slowly darkened from Earth’s shadow over the course of a couple of hours. While it was hard to see the shadow actually creep across [...]

Today, the last day of the GBBC, was a rainy, balmy President’s Day and from our vantage points, it looked like many of the local birds decided to stay dry. The sun started to peek out around mid-afternoon. It was a slow day for birding, so, not much to report. Here is today’s tally: Blue [...]