Birding for Beginners
A step-by-step track through the hobby that starts with the basics of birdwatching. Its first step is a guide to birdwatching for beginners, filed under Learn the basics.
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Flocking Around is a blog with light-hearted posts on feeding birds, identification and bird research in North America.
Beginner-friendly bird feeding and identification posts with humor.
A step-by-step track through the hobby that starts with the basics of birdwatching. Its first step is a guide to birdwatching for beginners, filed under Learn the basics.
Visit linkGear guides for birding, feeding, photography and field safety, plus the Flock Blocker bird saver template, a DIY tool for making windows bird-friendly. The blog has a how-to on using the template and a separate post on preventing birds from hitting windows.
Visit linkA hotspot guide to birding places across North America, with individual pages on refuges such as Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge and Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The blog also has a Yellowstone category.
Visit linkFlocking Around mixes bird feeding, identification and migration in one blog, in a light-hearted tone. Seasonal migration forecasts appear with dated results. Identification posts put similar birds side by side, including House Finch against Purple Finch, Sharp-shinned Hawk against Cooper's Hawk and the subspecies of Dark-eyed Junco. Other posts cover squirrels at feeders and window collisions, which connects the feeding focus to the bird saver template.
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