The 12th annual Unicoi County Summer Count took place Saturday, June 14, with 15 observers in six parties. Sharp-eyed counters tallied 107 species, which is near the average of 108 species.
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Rainfall hasn鈥檛 stopped the rhythms of the seasons. For instance, two mulberry trees at home have produced a bonanza of ripening berries for our fruit-loving feathered friends.
The 82nd consecutive spring bird count was held Saturday, May 3, with 44 observers in 15 parties. The survey tallied 148 species, which is slightly below the recent 30 year average of 150 species.
The killdeer is probably the shorebird most people know. Even non-birders have probably encountered this wide ranging bird that resides across much of North America.
I received an email from Brayden Paulk updating me on his new birding adventures since moving to Gulf Shores in Alabama. I wrote a few weeks ago about Brayden and his plans for a Global Big Day of birding.
Even if we can no longer consider the yellow-breasted chat a warbler, the bird still remains unique enough to warrant its own family.
There鈥檚 just something about our feathered friends that can be therapeutic and healing. I can鈥檛 begin to count the times a sighting of an unexpected bird has put a smile on my face.
For beginners just getting into the hang of birding, the black-and-white warbler is a dream when it comes to identification. It鈥檚 unlikely to be mistaken for any other bird.
Collisions with glass likely kill between 365 million and 1 billion birds annually in the United States.聽
Brayden Paulk recently sent me an email to share some recent bird sightings he has made in Georgia.