Author Archives: Dottie Moon

This morning I heard a song of a large finch called an Evening Grosbeak. I learned that gros means big and all grosbeaks have a pretty big beak. There were 21 Evening Grosbeaks in our tree singing like crazy. Evening Grosbeaks make me joyful because of their sun-shinny yellow feathers. I get ecstatic when IContinue reading “This Yellow, Black and White Bird is Worth Seeing”

The Global Big Day is tomorrow! The GBD is when the world goes birding and people record the birds they see or hear on Saturday, May 8th. The GBD is called the GBD because it’s global and for birders it really is a big day! The GBD is on May 8th and really anyone canContinue reading “I’m a Citizen Scientist And You Can Be One Too!”

Ospreys are on every continent except Antarctica. They are awesome fishers, nearly their whole diet is made up of fish and they catch fish by hovering then diving. In most places Ospreys migrate, the Ospreys in Florida and Mexico stay year-round and most of them migrate to those places. They build large nests like eaglesContinue reading “Ospreys”

Yesterday me and Lucy sketched some birds and mom said I’m really good at cross-hatching. 

A few weeks ago I made a blog about what I wanted for my birthday. For my birthday wish I asked people to go birding and make a checklist. I also had prizes for the list with the most birds seen and one for the list with a rare bird for your area. Thank youContinue reading “Birthday Checklist Update”

My birthday is in a couple days on March 23rd and I will be 8! For my birthday could you go birding, make a list of birds you see, and share them with me? I have 3 reasons I would like you to go birding, first it would make me happy, second you get freshContinue reading “My Birthday”

There are 7 species of chickadees in North America. They are the Chestnut-backed, Mountain, Black-capped, Carolina, Mexican, Boreal, and the Gray-headed Chickadee. In Yupik, the word for chickadee is Cikepiipiiq. The Chestnut-backed, Mountain, and Black-capped Chickadees are in Montana. I see the Mountain at the cabin but I almost never see Black-capped there. However, IContinue reading “Chickadees”

Mama said a few days ago that I should research a female birder. The female birder I chose was Frances Hamerstrom. She lived from 1907-1998 in Wisconsin. She was a wildlife biologist and one of the first females to be one! She and her husband ran conservation programs. She loved nature. She went to Smith CollegeContinue reading “Frances Hamerstrom a Female Birder”

From 2/12-2/15 I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count. We counted at our House, at Kelly Island twice and around the Neighborhood. We went for all four days and we saw birds on all of them! I am going to talk about the days in order. For most of the birds I will haveContinue reading “My GBBC Update”

Yesterday I watched David Allen Sibley’s how to sketch a bird and sketched a hummingbird, a goldfinch and owl