Ted Floyd
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1 month ago |
aba.org | Ted Floyd
What: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinusWhen: Sunday, February 16, 2025Where: Frick Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaForty-two years earlier, in the exact same spot, I had seen one. It was my first ever in the state. The species was a low-grade rarity in the region at the time, notable enough that I would have to “write it up” for the bird experts.
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2 months ago |
aba.org | Ted Floyd
What: Sooty Fox Sparrow, Passerella (iliaca) unalaschcensisWhen: Friday, January 17, 2025Where: Peace Arch Provincial Park, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British ColumbiaWe stood at the stone obelisk marking the international boundary, the four of us. Then, with mock solemnity, we took an official step northward. But we wanted there to be absolutely no doubt about it. So we proceeded another couple hundred yards—excuse me, meters—north to the pedestrian passport checkpoint.
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Dec 24, 2024 |
aba.org | Ted Floyd
What: Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpresWhen: Tuesday, October 15, 2024Where: Nummy Island, Cape May County, New JerseyWe’d headed out well before sunrise and had been eBirding and iNatting the whole day. It was well into the afternoon now, and we’d just found our first ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres, of our long day afield. It was time for a bit of slowbirding. Slowbirding, an idea I associate most strongly with naturalist Bridget Butler, isn’t what you might think.
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Oct 29, 2024 |
aba.org | Ted Floyd
What: Charming Hummingbird, Polyerata decoraWhen: Friday, Aug 16, 2024Where: Swarovski Optik Rainforest, Puntarenas, Costa Rica“Look! Down there in the heliconias. A charming hummingbird. Life bird! There’s another with it.”My former self, not nearly half the age of my present self, looked down the slope into the stand of heliconias, and registered some amount of confusion. “Which one are you talking about?” he asked. “I see the blue-chested hummingbirds.
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Jul 9, 2024 |
aba.org | Ted Floyd
What: Kenai Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia kenaiensisWhen: Thursday, May 9, 2024Where: Anchor Point, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AlaskaThe morning was cool and cloudy, with very light rain. Several dozen greater white-fronted geese and more than 100 Lapland longspurs were milling about the edge of shallow pond.
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Hey, everybody. Birding magazine is sunsetting this account. But we're also getting set up over on Bluesky. Same handle: @BirdingMagazine. We'll sign off with these Bushtits, seen earlier this Sat. afternoon, Nov. 30, in Boulder Co., Colo., USA. See you on Bluesky! https://t.co/4qmlwPmNBb
Studies of an American Dipper near Boulder, Colorado. https://t.co/lfNqB78HZs
This Cinnamon Flycatcher has his head screwed on backwards. (Quidío, Colombia, Aug. 23, 2024.) https://t.co/ikCstxXflZ