Author: Rita Shaw

There are many different places in New York City where you can sit and watch birds. The best places that I have found are Central Park. There are a few great places in Central Park where you can sit and watch the birds. The best time to sit and watch the birds are in the spring. If you are looking for bird watching spots in New York City, here is a list of places located in Central Park.

The Ramble in Central Park

The Ramble is a great bird watching spot in New York City’s Central Park. In the Ramble you will find the Azalea Pond. You will also find bird feeders. With the bird feeders, you are sure to see many different birds. Some of the birds that you will see in the spring are different song birds and …

Yellowstone National Park is a great place to go to watch birds. The birds are free and plentiful and easy to find in the park. There are about 150 types of birds in Yellowstone National park. Many are waterfowl birds and some are seen more in the woods. There has been a record of bird watching since the park opened in 1872, now there are plenty of bird watching opportunities all over Yellowstone National Park.

In the wetlands of the park you can see ducks, geese and pelicans swimming, flying and making their nests and raising young. They are easy to find in the lake, rivers and swamps all over the park. Bring a pair of binoculars to watch them so you can keep your distance and still see them.

Yellowstone National Park is home to many types of songbirds. …

Do you enjoy grabbing a pair of high-powered binoculars and whiling away the weekend bird watching? My family sure does. However, we tend to incorporate it into a hiking and camping trip as well. One state that we have visited over the years to do all three is Kentucky. The state is home to many birding hot spots, including some that are located within a park setting. With that said, here are my selections for a handful of the best sites:

Barren River Lake

One state park that my crew has enjoyed visiting is Barren County’s Barren River Lake Resort. As you may have assumed, it features an expansive tract of land and a large lake. Thus, you are apt to encounter a vast array of birds throughout the year. Depending on when you opt to visit, you may find …

Even if they are not seen, birds frequently collide with windows. Some manage to fly away and others are killed instantly. These injuries can be prevented with minimal effort and expense; keeping the bird population healthy, and the bird lovers happy.

Bird versus windows incidents tend to occur most often during the spring and fall migrations, when the most birds are on the move before habitats.

Not every window in the house is necessarily a concern for birds. The most reflective windows are the most dangerous especially if they are near a bird feeder or other area that birds often frequent. Even small windows can cause damage as birds are used to flying through small spaces between branches.

Research has shown that the majority of bird species will avoid glass with white vertical stripes about ¼ inch wide, spaced 4 …

When I was a small child, I would often spend weeks in the summer at my grandparents’ house. My grandfather, John, was quite the storyteller, blaming various bodily noises on imaginary bullfrogs, and convincing me and my cousins that the rest of his 8-point buck was sticking out of the other side of the wall. But the story that I am most fond of is that of Myrtle and Earl, the robins that were “Pap’s birds” that stayed with him every summer. It never occurred to me that there were more than two robins in existence; every one that I saw was either Myrtle or Earl, and Pap could always tell them apart somehow. Because I idolized my grandfather, “his” birds became my birds and led to my desire to entice them to my yard even as an adult. I …

Anyone who enjoys bird watching surely knows about the Audubon Society and the man who first captured the amazing beauty of birds, John James Audubon . Born in 1785, John James Audubon was born on asugar plantationin France and always had an interest in birds. As a young boy, he always enjoyed walks through the woods where he would draw pictures of the birds that he seen. This led to him being well known for his portraits of birds and that history can be found at the John James Audubon State Park in western Kentucky.

Audubon knew that he could do a better job of depicting the birds than that of other artists and he set out to do just that. Audubon was also the first person to begin banding birds in order to keep some record of where they …

The snowstorms that hit Northeast Tennessee in December 2009 and again in January 2010 did quite a bit of damage to a lot of people’s landscapes, especially to the trees. I have a very large cedar tree, for example, outside my backdoor that was weighted down by the heavy snows. The top was bent over and did not bode well for the tree, but there was no way I could shake the snow off from so tall a tree. Then a flock of European starlings swooped in and proceeded to fly in and out of the tree and, as a result, knocked the snow off the top of the tree. Their ability to knock snow off of really tall trees, however, is not the reason you want to encourage these birds to come to your garden, especially if you have …