Photo: A beautiful Palm Warbler look at the camera at LBJ Memorial Grove Periodically throughout the year, Cornell Labs (makers of eBird) do global counting events. President’s Day Weekend is “The Great Backyard Bird Count”, or GBBC. The ask is to go birding for at least 15 minutes from 16-19…
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D.C. Big Duck Day
Photo: A Ring-Necked Duck swims between two Canada Geese at Georgetown Reservoir. Taken by Mr. Chirpy In the Birding Lingo post we talked about the phrase “Big Day” or “Big Year”. This phrase means trying to see as many species as possible in a set time period. Mr. Chirpy and…
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New Lifer: Long Tailed Duck
(Photo: Mr. Chirpy captured this photo of a Long-Tailed Duck floating in the middle of the Potomac River) We went birding this past weekend and checked out LBJ Memorial Grove for the first time. It’s a beautiful spot with opportunities to look for birds on both the Potomac River and…
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Birding 101: Essential Steps to Start Birding
Photo: A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet is perched on a branch. Taken at the U.S. Botanic Garden New to birding? So am I! Here’s how I got started. 1 – Equip yourself with binoculars. I think this is the only piece of equipment you absolutely need to start birding. There are great…