Local Bird & Nature News

Photo Credit: John Hebberger, Jr. Total number of species: 54 Total individuals, all species: 2,864 Total effort, hours: 87 Number of parties out, 9 am – 5 pm: 25 Highlights:  Some species of waterfowl that usually migrate before CBC were seen. 1 Redhead, 3 Red-headed Mergansers, and 3 Northern Shovelers. Large flocks of waxwings, both species, totaling 704 birds. Mallards, as usual, were found in numbers; this year it was 360, which is below usual. Bald Eagle numbers were

Photo credit: Wes Timmerman Collisions with vehicles killed five moose in a one-mile section of WY-390, also known as the Teton Village Road, in the last five months according to a recent press release from the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation. For comparison, JHWF said that on average, for the same highway, 3.5 moose vehicle collisions were reported each year over the past 10 years. In addition to collecting data about wildlife-vehicle collisions, JHWF is also a resource for

Photo credit: Wes Timmerman EBird and Merlin are two of the most useful tools for birders but for some of us it's hard to figure out the...

Photo Credit: John Hebberger, Jr. The 2024 Christmas Bird Count took place on the winter solstice, Dec. 21. That day, ice fog reduced...

Our good friend and colleague, Taza Schaming, is featured in the Winter issue of Audubon Magazine: "As Stands of Whitebark Pine...

On Saturday Dec. 16 we joined birders across North America and beyond in the largest and oldest Citizen Science project in the world, the...