Exciting Times

Brightly colored birds have arrived in various shades of blue, green, yellow, rufous, gray, brown, orange, black, red and white.

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Eagles Soar

They say a picture is worth a thousand words — but for Nancy Nordin, one photo turned into a once-in-a-thousand bird sighting.

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Bright Colors

Some brightly colored birds (orioles, tanagers and grosbeaks) are now migrating north through Central America. And storms cross from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico before making their way northward to us.

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Robins Everywhere

The first singing American robins are eagerly anticipated every spring. Ten robins were loudly and continuously singing at my house on April 4, on a day where temperatures approached 70 degrees.

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Drinking Salt Water?

If we drink salt water we get thirstier. But not birds. Some birds — albatrosses, shearwaters, penguins, gulls and pelicans — can drink salt water!

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Iconic Arrivals

There are several species that everyone enjoys seeing in the spring as it signals better weather is coming.

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Spring Equinox Nesting

Our spring equinox, the start of the astronomical spring, comes on March 20 at 5:01 a.m. (I have not researched how they come up with the exact to the minute 5:01 time).

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Songbird Flu

Many people are still feeding birds since influential organizations believe that it is safe to feed birds as the bird flu does not commonly infect songbirds.

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From the South

In a much appreciated sign of the coming spring, red-winged blackbirds have returned. Randy Rynd was the first to report singing red-wings near her Oak Bluffs home on Feb. 22, and since then there have been more arrivals.

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Birding Mindfully

Last week, I sat at my desk lamenting the fact that I hadn’t had the chance to get much birding in the past week between work and poor weather.

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