We're excited to announce a team up with Diy.org beginning January 2016! DIY is the best way for kids to get skills, meet others who share the same passions, and generally be awesome. Every member has their own portfolio where they share what they make and do, and earn embroidered skill patches for completing sets of challenges. The big idea is that anyone can become anything just by trying. And it's free to join us. Hundreds of thousands of members, families and educators already have! Kids can join our website or download the DIY App to get started. Anyway, we'll be working together as an online group to master the Ornithologist skill by completing a challenge every week. We'll have live builds, where you can ask questions and share tips in the comments of a post of ours on DIY. Our DIY account is called "Jr Ornithologists," and all of your projects for the club will be united with the hashtag #jroclub in their titles. Stay tuned for the first challenge, and sign up below!
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The Yellow Warbler is a small, cheerful-looking bird with a lovely song. They are easy to recognize with their bright yellow plumage, even though females of this species's plumage is a rather dull yellow. The Wilson's Warbler, however, looks very similar to this bird. The Yellow Warbler is easy to hear and to recognized once you see one, but can be quite difficult to spot.This birds migrates through or Summers in almost every part of North America, and they Winter in the Northern area of South America. If you want to learn more about this bird, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's description of it here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow_Warbler/id Here are some Yellow Warbler photos: If you have any observations of the Yellow Warbler you'd like to share, please share them with us below and they could be featured on our blog! The deadline to submit is Wednesday, December 30th at 12:00 AM, but you can always submit observations of this or any bird on our "Watching Birds" Page. - Submissions are now closed. --Rose Rose here! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, we've been just hugely busy every day with our everyday lives. We're getting everything together, though, and big things are coming! Anyway, here's today's fun fact: Some people used to think birds migrated to the moon! In the 1800's, a publication stated one man's theory that birds flew to the moon, and that the trip there took 60 days! Many other theories existed, such as one that many people back then agreed with: that songbirds slept in enormous clumps underwater. Fishermen reported finding these, but we now doubt the accuracy of these reports. You see, back then people didn't know about migration! -Rose
Hello, Junior Ornithologists! This is a new kind of post we'll be doing called "Staff Log." Each week, either me, Rose, or Jill (we'll be taking turns) will post an interesting bird observation or experience with birds that we've had in the past week or ever. Enjoy!
One September day I was sitting on the windowsill, watching birds eat seeds from the feeders, when a little White Breasted Nuthatch flew into our tree. It was just an ordinary White Breasted Nuthatch, but it was hanging around the empty suet feeder. Then a Gray Catbird flew in and began approaching the suet feeder. Once it was close, the little Nuthatch jumped at it and tried to shoo it away. The Catbird tried a few more times, but then then the Nuthatch lost its temper. It jumped at the Catbird and spread its wings out. It then moved side to side, while sitting on a branch. The Catbird finally backed off, but a few more Gray Catbirds came in. The Nuthatch continued to stand its ground, though. The Catbirds, which would migrate away once it got cold, were just curious about what the little green cage was all about. The Nuthatch, on the other hand, had been there last Winter, and knew that suet was good and it was coming, so it defended the suet cage from birds that it thought wanted to eat the suet once it was placed in the suet cage. Birds spreading out their wings is also a common means of defense - it makes them look bigger and more intimidating. This week's battle of the birds pair is American Robin vs. Northern Cardinal. Poll on your favorite bird below! |
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About RoseI am Rose, a 12 year old birdwatcher and the founder of Junior Ornithologists! I REALLY love birds and have since I was five years old. I also know a lot about birds and, through this website, I hope to share my knowledge with you! About JillHi! I'm Jill, and I like birds just as much as Rose does. The first word I learned to say was bird! My favorite birds are perigrine falcons and snowy owls. I can't wait to share information about birds with everyone!
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