This winter's gull drama involves a Ross's gull. Here's one heck of an eBird list with pictures.
Bald eagles might be more of a problem on free range chicken farms than we realized.
Newer podcasts to check out:
The Update to Baby Porcupine Eating Banana with Hiccups
Ten years ago while volunteering at The Raptor Center I went to my friend Gail Buhl's office. Though she's in charge of the eduction birds, she's a licensed wildlife rehabber and sometimes takes in other creatures. That day she had a porcupet aka a baby porcupine that had been found on the side of the road next to its dead mother who had presumably been hit by a car. I took a video of it eating a banana while having the hiccups. It's had over 2 million views and that doesn't count the times it's been stolen from my channel and placed on someone else's. After the porcupine was old enough he went to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center where he's lived ever since teaching kids and adults what's true and false when it comes to porcupines.
Recently I went to a conference at Wolf Ridge and got a chance to not only see him where he lives but to also see him in action in the classroom and outside during a tracking workshop. What a treat! So above is a ten year update.
Birdchick Podcast #216 Panama, Subarus and Species
Thank you to everyone who became new members of the American Birding Association last year and sited us as a reason. We won the trip to Canopy Tower in Panama! I was there back in 2012 and I've always wanted to go back!
Some Subarus now include an app that directs you to birds reported to eBird.
The debate goes on over how many species there are in the world.
Again if you are looking for other birding podcasts, there are some new ones. Check out the American Birding Podcast and Out There With the Birds.
Birdchick Podcast #215 2017 Goals and Podcasts
Are you in the mood to travel? Want to go to Cuba? Come with me!
There are some new podcasts in town that you should check out! One is from the American Birding Association and the other is from Bird Watcher's Digest.
Here's a sum up of the people who did a 2016 North America Big Year. And then there's Arjan and his word-wide Big Year. But then there's the worldwide big year from Arjan...