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For The Birds

By Brian Kluepfel

For The Birds 

The Flight of (One) Woodcock is a Sight to Behold

March 14, 2023 Annette

This is a short summary of Saw Mill River Audubon’s 2022 Woodcock Walk. By Brian Kluepfel   The arrival and the courtship dance of the American woodcock is an unmistakable sign of spring. I decided in March 2022 that it

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For The Birds 

What Do Mick Jagger and Parrots Have in Common?

February 14, 2023 Examiner Media

The Case Against Caged Birds   By Brian Kluepfel   A big celebrity news item in December 2016 was the birth of Mick Jagger’s eighth child, Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger. Mick will turn 80 this year, and even in his

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Departure and Arrival: The Sad, Strange Tale of Two American Parakeets

January 10, 2023February 8, 2023 Examiner Media

By Brian Kluepfel   The last Carolina parakeet died 104 years ago. Perhaps fittingly, it died in a zoo. Humans had wiped out all the wild birds of this species several years before. On this cold winter’s day, I pay

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Nashville or Bust: The Bird of the Year Meets the Bluebird Café

December 13, 2022December 14, 2022 Examiner Media

By Brian Kluepfel   The state bird of Tennessee is not the Nashville warbler, nor is it the Tennessee warbler. It is the northern mockingbird. This was among the factoids I garnered whilst attending the American Birding Association’s Bird of

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For The Birds 

Remembering the Life and Bravery of Conservationist Gonzalo Cardona

November 8, 2022 Examiner Media

By Bryan Kluepfel As I head for another trip to South America, I’m reminded that just last year a leader in environmental conservation, Gonzalo Cardona, was killed in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Gonzalo dedicated the last 23 years of his life

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For The Birds 

Fall Raptor Rapture: Watching Hawks by the Hundreds, or Thousands

October 11, 2022 Examiner Media

By Brian Kluepfel   The Hudson Valley is full of surprises. One that isn’t obvious to the casual viewer is the migration of thousands of raptors over the great river each autumn. Taking advantage of thermals and convenient geography, a

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For The Birds 

Birds and Friends Meet as Summer Turns to Fall

September 13, 2022 Examiner Media

By Brian Kluepfel   Last Friday, Saw Mill River Audubon (SMRA) held its annual dinner, this year at the Kittle House in Chappaqua. During the outdoor hors d’oeuvres hour, as I approached the bar, I spotted a ruby-throated hummingbird circling the lantana

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For The Birds 

Even During Baseball Season, Very Little Bunting(s)

August 9, 2022August 10, 2022 Examiner Media

By Brian Kluepfel We’re in the death throes of an overly-hot start to August, but sometimes one just needs to get outside. Even in the fiercest of heat, birds are out there, going on with their un-airconditioned lives. So I

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For The Birds 

From Ballads to Bird Song: The Life of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

July 19, 2022July 20, 2022 Examiner Media

In six miles square, the most of that water, we have found so many songs that we never tried to count them.  We knew very well that we could not go into lumber camps and the forecastles of coasting schooners,

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For The Birds 

Remembering Those We’ve Lost on Hummingbird Wings

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Examiner Media

By Brian Kluepfel When I moved to Northern California in 1990, everything was shiny and new. A year later, in a new apartment, I asked the landlord if I could turn the unused cement bed next to our driveway into

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