"I have really enjoyed two bird books -- "The Big Year" by Mark Obmascik (follows three birders trying to see the most individual bird species in a single year in the continental US & Canada), and "The Grail Bird" by Tim…"
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Jon Devine commented on Susan Casey-Lefkowitz's blog post Book Review: "Birdology": The life and times of birds and their devoted watchersJon Devine commented on Kris McCurry's blog post Need Help Identifying This Bird"Definitely a finch -- the beak is a giveaway. Most likely house finch."
Matthew Milton Reid commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"Hello Fellow Birder:
The stream by D.R. Fitspatrick and Mr. Sarvia (?) is excellent. I must say that I see D.R. Fitspatrick as way more on the right track of feeding. I am a birder and my experience with feeding birds is primarily at nature centers.…"
Jon Devine commented on Jeff Nadler's blog post Ornamentals in winter"My absolute favorite bird. Thanks for sharing!"
Richard Guffanti commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"There was a Wall Street Journal article against bird feeding on Dec 27, 2002.
Andre A. Dhondt, Ph.D., Program Director, Bird Population Studies, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
wrote a blistering response to each contention and in support of…"
Matthew Milton Reid commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"There is a documented phenomina in waterfowl known as shortstopping. My thinking is that this phenomina occurs in songbirds. Here is what I think can happen. Songbirds migrate north or south and birds stop over at feeders and eat the food put out…"
Ellen Harris commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"I don't believe the "evolution of a species" can be affected by one factor (in this case bird feeding). The process of evolution occurs over thousands, if not millions of years, and is driven by a diversity of factors. The forces of…"
wornwinger.com commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"I believe people have destroyed so much habitat and feeding grounds,that if we didn't help the birds through the winter we would have insect explotions in summer.many of the small birds are omnivours.when I was young I worked for some old…"
Susan Ishida commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"I don't think its bad to feed birds, especially during severe weather, if you keep the food as natural to what the bird would normally eat as possible. You are helping them to get through a rough time......I don't think there are bad,…"
Matthew Milton Reid commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"I am not an Ornithologist but I was a wildlife biologist in the Rocky Mountain West (20 + years) and a naturalist in the D.C. area. I really do not see it as bad to feed birds in D.C. through about March. My window would be October 15 to about April…"
Kat Reeves commented on Jon Devine's blog post To feed or not to feed?"I guess it depends on whether you look at people as part of nature or not. :) I tend to think we ARE part of nature. The birds take advantage of a resource and perhaps their numbers increase because of it. And if enough people have backyard feeders…"
Jon Devine posted a blog postTo feed or not to feed?
I'm hoping a scientist out there can give some advice to the unscientific like me -- is it good to feed birds or not? Living in the DC area, I saw some stories encouraging folks to fill their bird feeders or throw out seed for the birds to help them cope with the recent huge snowstorms. From an ecological perspective, is this a good idea? Does helping animals survive that might not otherwise live do harm (keeping populations artificially high, for instance)? Does it make a difference if you…See More
Jon Devine left a comment for Susan Casey-Lefkowitz"Congratulations on the site! It looks great. Fantastic that NRDC was able to partner with Cornell Lab."
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz left a comment for Jon Devine"Hi Jon, Thanks again for all of your early input. You can see we took it to heart. What do you think of the site now? Susan"
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To feed or not to feed?
I'm hoping a scientist out there can give some advice to the unscientific like me -- is it good to feed birds or not? Living in the DC area, I saw some stories encouraging folks to fill their bird feeders or throw out seed for the birds to help them cope with the recent huge snowstorms. From an ecological perspective, is this a good idea? Does helping animals survive that might not otherwise live do harm (keeping populations artificially high, for instance)? Does it make a difference if you…
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- At 4:30am on February 18, 2010, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz said…
- Hi Jon, Thanks again for all of your early input. You can see we took it to heart. What do you think of the site now? Susan
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