Tag: birding

Erika Zambello
May 20, 2015 Erika ZambelloESC, student life, students, travel

Appreciating the Black Vulture

Let’s face it, vultures get a bad rap. North Carolina is home to both Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures, but when the birds are encountered most people wrinkle their noses, turned off by their dietContinue reading

Erika Zambello
May 18, 2015 Erika Zambellocoasts, ESC, forests, oceans, student life, students, travel

Sometimes You Have to Bird in the Rain

Erika birds through the rain to see her first Prothonotary Warbler.

Erika Zambello
May 8, 2015 Erika ZambelloESC, forests, student life, students, travel

Counting Down the Nature Preserves with Schenck Forest

With graduation this weekend, I’ve found myself increasingly pushing to see as many Triangle nature preserves as possible before my time in Durham is up.

Erika Zambello
April 15, 2015 Erika ZambelloESC, forests, student life, students, travel, water

Out with the Old and in with the New: Birds that is

We are now in the throes of spring migration, and many wintering species have begun their journey north, while neotropical migrants have arrived from their cold winter homes in Central and South America. It isContinue reading

Erika Zambello
April 8, 2015 Erika Zambelloconservation, ESC, student life, students, travel, water

Dawn at Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve

Exploring at Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve brings a quadruple beaver sighting!

Erika Zambello
March 18, 2015 Erika ZambelloESC, student life, students, travel

Birding Berkeley

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Erika birds California for the first time, discovering five new life birds during her first day at Berkeley.

Erika Zambello
February 25, 2015 Erika Zambellocoasts, ESC, events, oceans, student life, students, travel, water

Valentine’s Day Snow Geese

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A Valentine’s Day adventure to the Outer Banks in search of Snow Geese.

Erika Zambello
February 9, 2015 Erika ZambelloESC, forests, student life, students, travel

Birding Sunrise in Alabama

I have seen a lot of sunsets in my life. My memory is peppered with bright red and gold skies along beaches, on walks home from campus, and across mountaintop vistas, but my experience with sunrises are much more sporadic. A few road trips, early morning flights here and there, but by and large I have missed one half of the world’s most beautiful sunlight displays.

Erika Zambello
January 21, 2015 Erika ZambelloESC, forests, student life, students, travel

Birding Without Borders vs. Birding My Backyard

Recently an adventurous spirit has captured my attention. Every day around noon, I log on to the Audubon website and look for the daily update from Noah Strycker, a 28 year old birder who is trying to see 5,000 species of birds in one year. Given that there are around 10,000 species, that means he aims to see half of all bird species in just 365 days. Exhausting? Yes. Crazy? Yes. Impressive? Yes. And he has inspired me to continue my birding and up my game.

Erika Zambello
January 6, 2015 Erika Zambellocoasts, conservation, ESC, oceans, student life, students, travel, water

Searching for Snowy Owls Once Again

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I ended 2014 and began 2015 in Maine, where temperatures shifted from the warm mid-forties to the bitterly cold single digits. Regardless of the weather however, Maine is always beautiful, and I was lucky enough to spend some time on the rocky coastline, searching for Snowy Owls.