Some interesting birding resources

I’ve been collecting some intereting things until I had time to do some posting. Now that taxes are done, I seem to have some time… Up first, some interesting things for birders that I’ve run into recently…

  • Sequoia Audubon, which is the local chapter in San Mateo county, has just issued a great new guide to birding the county. It’s a great way to learn where the birds are in the county, and it uses some nice modern technologies to help enable this online; it’s also wonderfully designed and easy to use. You can take a look at it at http://birding.sequoia-audubon.org/ — I like it enough it’s going to be a model for some things I hope to build later this year.
  • I’ve been spending time most weekends up near Calaveras Reservoir watching the Bald Eagle’s nest and waiting for the chicks to hatch. For those interested in eagles but looking for an easier way to watch, check out the eaglecam, showing a nest at Turtle Bay on Route 44 here in California.
  • And Birders World magazine has redone their site, and it’s quite nice. The one thing I wish it had was RSS feeds on the photo galleries, because the way life is these days, without RSS I never remember to go and look. Yes, I am in full attention deficit, thanks for noticing…

have fun!

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