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BirdNote: Klamath Bird Observatory

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August 6, 2011 Listen to our August 6th, BirdNote by searching the BirdNote website.

Bird Bio: Swainson’s Thrush

Bird Bio: Swainson’s Thrush By: Robert Frey, KBO Biologist and Banding Project Leader One of the most commonly heard, although seldom seen, birds of its range is the sedately plumed and […]

American Dippers Take Rare Stab At City-Dwelling in Ashland

Barbara Massey and Bob Quaccia discuss a nest of American Dippers in an Ashland Daily Tidings article by Vickie Aldous. Several of these small, water-loving birds have made their nest […]

Animal Nature: A week for great blue herons

Animal Nature: A week for great blue herons, sea lions, bald eagles and liger The great blue heron is North America’s largest and most widespread heron, it has also been […]

Bird in the Hand

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April 22, 2011 “Bird in the Hand”: Banding gives researchers a wealth of information, from reproduction to migration, and local students get in on the act. Medford Mail Tribune.  

Bird Bio: Golden-crowned Sparrow

By Bob Frey, KBO Biologist and Banding Project Leader Remember Flower Power – a slogan used as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violent ideology in the 1960s? The Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia […]

Klamath Bird Observatory Calls For Volunteers

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The Klamath Bird Observatory is looking for volunteers for a pair of field trips. These trips will take place on May 20th and May 21st for fourth/fifth grade students and […]

Great Blue Herons Return

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April 4, 2011 Great Blue Herons Return to Breeding Colonies. Press Release. March 29th, 2011. “Homing in on Herons: Biologists will survey Great Blue Heron rookery sites in Southern Oregon […]

Rest Stop

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During the spring and summer many birds are migrating thousands of miles and often right over our homes. Along the way birds use “rest stops” to eat food, drink and […]

KBO Receives a US Forest Service International Award

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The US Forest Service’s Wings Across the Americas Program has recently awarded John Alexander, KBO’s Executive Director, an international award for bird conservation. The Klamath Bird Observatory has been active […]