SpeakBeak.com

• Home
• Site Map

• Powered by WhyPark.com

• Related Articles

  About Hummingbirds and How to Attract Them to Your Garden
  Visualize watching a bright green hummingbird in your garden moving from flower to flower in search of the tasty nectar within. These beautiful and tiny birds weigh about 2 to 20 grams and are found in a wide variety of environments from the high Andes to lowlands, and from dry desert areas to rainforests.

  Bird Watching Tips
  Simply sitting and watching birds is a popular hobby around the world. It's fun and relaxing at the same time.

  Major Explosions to Restore Wetlands in Oregon's Klamath Basin
  Nature Conservancy and Partners Use Carefully Placed Explosives to Breach Levees, Restore Wetlands for Fish and Wildlife

  Your First Bird Watching Field Trip - What You Need
  Birdwatching is one of America's most popular outdoor activities. Those of us who love birds, have watched birds, in our back yards or at the local parks, raise and support their families. But every so often we have the urge to escape beyond these confinements and go out into the wild to watch birds in their native habitats.

  Bird Watching Life Lists – Keeping A Record
  If you're a birder, you want to keep a list of sightings when you bird watch. Your life lists should be kept in a bird watching journal.

  Northampton, MA, Citizens Campaign to Protect Their Urban Wetlands, Prevent Flooding
  Citizens of Northampton, MA, are campaigning to preserve the buffer zones around the city's urban wetlands from development. Northampton has a proud tradition of environmental stewardship and sustainable growth, but on October 4, Northampton's City Council plans to vote on an ordinance that would slash the no-build zone around wetlands to as little as 10 feet in many districts. The North Street Neighborhood Association this week is mailing 16,978 postcards to virtually all the registered voters of Northampton. The postcards call for maintaining 50-foot no-build buffers, the general standard to this point, to mitigate flooding, prevent water pollution, and keep neighborhoods green and cool.

  Bird Watching and Technology
  One of the thrills of bird watching is the discovery of a species you have never seen before. In the past, a bird watcher often had to wait for a long time to get help in identifying a bird that he or she may not have recognized. Programs, like the one at Cornell University (www.birds.cornell.edu), allowed those who bird watch to submit photographs and descriptions of things that they had seen. The experts and researchers at the university would then help them identify the bird. The internet however, has eliminated the hassle of waiting for the mail. This information is available instantaneously online.

  Bird Watcher's Digest and birdPod Team Up to Deliver Downloadable Florida Bird Songs and Photographs
  Bird Watcher's Digest and birdPod have launched an innovative service for downloading bird songs and photography from the web to birder's iPods and other MP3 players. BWD is America's favorite bird-watching publisher, and birdPod is the hottest bird identification tool for the extremely easy-to-use Apple iPod.