Memorial Day Birding
May 30, 2023
As spring migration wraps up . . . Ingrid and I did a bit of birding over the long weekend....
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Welcome to Big Year Birding a site devoted to Birds as seen through the eyes of Ethan and Ingrid Whitaker. We are a Maine couple preparing for a 2024 Big Year across the continental United States!
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The Excitement of finding a Louisiana Waterthrush!!!
May 27, 2023
Ethan . . . I wish I could experience the excitement of finding a rare bird with you . ....
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Black-necked Stilt
May 26, 2023
Early in the summer of 2022 a Black-necked Stilt appeared in a salt panne adjacent to busy Route One in...
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Blackburnian Warbler
May 19, 2023
Reid State Park is one of Maine's jewels . . . 770 acres of sand beaches, rocky shoreline, salt marshes...
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Two Weeks Left In Spring Migration
May 16, 2023
Spring migration in Maine continues and Ingrid and I are exhausted. Both of us are up before dawn (and that...
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Hunting the Northern Waterthrush
May 12, 2023
Yesterday, I went hunting for a Northern Waterthrush . . . and found it . . . in the wrong...
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Spring Migration . . . at last!!!
May 10, 2023
Finally . . . at last . . . I thought it would never get here . . . but...
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Spring storms blows Phalaropes ashore
May 3, 2023
There are believed to be a combined 8 million Red and Red-necked Phalaropes on planet earth . . . but...
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Evening Grosbeaks
May 2, 2023
Those of you that read this blog regularly know that Ingrid and I spend (waste???) a considerable amount of time...
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Big Year Birding Jay Quiz
April 30, 2023
Welcome to the Big Year Birding Jay Quiz. For the next several minutes we'll test your knowledge of these mysterious...
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Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks on a Telephone Pole
April 29, 2023
On this blog, I primarily talk about the birds Ingrid and I see on our travels . . . but...
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Brown-headed Cowbird
April 28, 2023
We all have our favorite birds – Cardinals, Owls, Eagles and the colorful warblers. Then there are the less...
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Ethan and Ingrid are training for a Big Year in 2024 when Ingrid retires. In the meantime Ethan did a 2021 Maine Big Year.
Read about Ethan’s Maine Big Year in his Book: Every Bird in Maine
And Ingrid’s Children’s Bird Book: What’s That Bird? A Kid’s Guide to Backyard Bird of New England.
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