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  1. michaelboustead

    Help on Backyard ID, Pennsylvania, USA

    This has to be common, thought Tufted Titmouse but I think that is wrong.
  2. michaelboustead

    Botanical Gardens

    Sunday a week I hope to spend a few days in Singapore. I plan to visit the Botanical Gardens early in the morning and try a little birding. Never birded in SE Asia. I did purchase a field guide. A short list of potential sightings would allow me to focus my study. Appreciate any help. Mike
  3. michaelboustead

    Help I'd- Crane Sanctuary So. Japan

    Originally thought this was an immature/female Dusky Thrush- now think I'm wrong. Help please
  4. michaelboustead

    What is This?

    What is this? It is over topping trees at a good site for Blue-winged Warblers in South York County PA. No Blue-winged.
  5. michaelboustead

    Bird seen recently Arizona

    Friend in Arizona saw this and asked for my help, one look and I need help. Sure hope it's not a regular visitor to Pennsylvania.
  6. michaelboustead

    My Friend thinks I know something-help on ID

    A friend asked me to ID this. Help needed- think I can narrow it down to Southern Hemisphere-maybe. He thinks I know way way more than I do.
  7. michaelboustead

    Black-throated Blue Warbler in decline?

    I was at Rocky Ridge Park, York, Pennsylvania today, maybe my sixth trip during migration. A lot of birds today including Brown Thrasher, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo and...
  8. michaelboustead

    Ruby Throated Hummingbird

    In various travels in Central America and Arizona I have noticed multiple hummingbirds feeding at one feeder. At my feeder in Central PA, the Ruby Throat lies in ambush and attacks any other hummingbird trying to use the feeder. Tried two feeders no better result. Are Ruby Throats just very...
  9. michaelboustead

    Lock 12, York County PA-no Cerulean Warbler.

    Birded Lock 12 on Thursday May 10, cool and quite windy, looking for Cerulean Warbler. No luck. Troubled by this because usually very dependable here. Heard no song and Cerulean normally sing like crazy if around. Maybe too early? Walked down the road toward the Dam, nice views of immature Bald...
  10. michaelboustead

    Status Nikon 8x32se

    B&H Photo lists the above as temporarily out of stock. I thought they were discontinued. Anyone confirm that the 8x32 SE still being manufactured. Mike
  11. michaelboustead

    Nikon Edg 8x32 new version

    I am considering purchase of the above. Does anyone use them and quick review appreciated. Thanks, Mike
  12. michaelboustead

    Yanacocha Preserve and Old Nono Road

    I will be in Quito for a few days in July and hope to arrange a day trip to the Yanacocha Reserve and maybe down the old Nono Road. Never been to any areas where malaria is possible. I know Quito is fine but not sure of other areas. I will be out for about 10-12 hours. Any who has birded...
  13. michaelboustead

    "Sea Eagle"- West Coast Scotland

    I know this is a kind of hopeless question but our cousins daytrip often to the West Coast of Scotland and saw Sea Otters and a "Sea Eagle". I am curious about the Sea Eagle- any ideas. I will try for more specifics. She is not a birder-- yet. Recommendations on good starting fieldguide I can...
  14. michaelboustead

    A Nice Walk-York Pennsylvania USA

    I thought I would write about a nice walk. I birded along the Rail Trail near Seven Valleys in York, Pennsylvania. The Rail Trail is an abandoned rail line converted to a County Park where people walk and ride bikes. This section is fragmented woods, farmland-currently farmed, some abandoned...
  15. michaelboustead

    Hummingbird is back.

    I put out a feeder on April 15th (something positive for the day) and I have had a hummingbird usually before May for the last few years. I like to think it is the same bird making it back. I guess pretty unlikely. Mike
  16. michaelboustead

    Prairie Falcon, Jizz , Released Bird

    Cumberland County, Central Pennsylvania has a guest. The guest is a Prairie Falcon. Usually when I go birding I carry a copy of Annotated List of the Birds of Pennsylvania- a small pamphlet. It lists the birds on the accepted state list and monthly graph of probability of seeing a bird within...
  17. michaelboustead

    HR 4093-Amending Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

    HR 4093 would increase the penalty for the intentional killing of birds subject to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from a Class B misdemeanor to a felony punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of $50,000. A Class B misdemeanor is, I believe, not subject to Federal sentencing...
  18. michaelboustead

    Birding with a Walking Stick-Advice

    I am getting older and find that my balance is not what it once was. Frankly, on trails that are narrow or the least bit slippery I find I stumble about too much- I have gone "swimming" in small streams on at least 3 continents. I am considering the purchase of a walking stick but can't figure...
  19. michaelboustead

    Nikon 50 ED Seawatching?

    About 2 weeks ago I spent a long weekend at Cape Fear, NC and was able to do some birdwatching at the point one morning. No planning on my part, which was a mistake because I didn't have my scope. Saw: Willet Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Laughing Gull...
  20. michaelboustead

    What would You Do?

    Suppose you had some money to give each year. Where would you give it to make any difference? Interest in maintaining bird species and habitat. Mike
  21. michaelboustead

    Birding Hallucinations

    I spent the last week on the North Carolina shore pretending it was still summer and hoping to catch some of the warblers I had missed up north. On Sunday I walked along the beach seeing the usual gulls and terns and about 30 Semipalmated Plovers and the usual Sanderlings. On Monday I went out...
  22. michaelboustead

    Northern Japan in Winter

    I am considering (tentatively) a trip to Northern Japan in Winter. Anyone have any suggestions on fieldguides/checklist. Mike
  23. michaelboustead

    Birding in Europe-Where to Go?

    I hope to bird in Europe. I might be able to take 2 or 3 trips in my life of about 10 days to 2 weeks each. If you want to see the most birds, where and when do you go? Mike
  24. michaelboustead

    Birds that Flycatch?

    Just observing a hummingbird after it used my feeder. It perched on the top of a Weeping Cherry Tree in my Garden and started to flycatch. Acted just like a Eastern Wood-Pewee I swear-kept flying out and back. The insects were tiny, looked almost like dust, but your could see them because of...
  25. michaelboustead

    Things I wish I had Done Sooner

    I began birding about 5 years ago and it has since become a gentle obsession. Not bad as a mid-life crisis. An observation on things I wish I had done: 1. Carry a notebook and use it-too many memories and too much information lost. 2. Maintain a species account-a list of species (keep mine...
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