Over the last few weeks, I’ve frequently found woodpecker nests on days that I go into the woods. Nest-finding for most forest birds is unbelievably hard, but woodpeckers are pretty obliging. Usually it starts when I hear the incessant twittering of young birds coming from 15-20 feet up. Continue reading “Foraging woodpeckers”
Summer Bird Counts and the atlas project
Connecticut birding has a long history of citizen science, of which the Connecticut Bird Atlas is only the most recent incarnation. Summer Bird Counts (SBCs) – the mid-year equivalent of Christmas Bird Counts – have been run in the state for nearly three decades and aim to count birds within several 15-mile diameter circles scattered across the state to help track population changes. Continue reading “Summer Bird Counts and the atlas project”