Linda Raymer Tree Swallow

The hustle and bustle season: a bird blog

Even if you don’t call yourself a birder, it has probably been difficult to ignore the frenzied activities of birds lately. This is because spring is a busy time for birds. Between foraging, finding a mate, defending territories, and building nests, birds are checking off their to-do list in preparation for the rearing season ahead. […]

Linda Raymer Tree Swallow

La temporada de ajetreo y bullicio: un blog de pájaros

Incluso si usted no se llama a sí mismo un pajarero, probablemente ha sido difícil ignorar las actividades frenéticas de los pájaros recientemente. Esto es porque la primavera es un tiempo ajetreado para los pájaros. Entre el forrajeo, la búsqueda de un compañero, la defensa de los territorios y la construcción de nidos, los pájaros […]

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Birds of a Feather … Mysterious Mergansers

Merganser Mysteries Imagine you’re hiking up the river, and swimming against impossible currents, a bird resembling a duck with a mohawk heads upstream with a line of more ducklings than you can count! You’ve been lucky enough to come across a member of a group of waterfowl referred to as the mergansers. Mergansers are known […]