Birds of the Equinox: March 2009
In March 2009, birders around the world documented birdlife within 12 hours either side of the equinox. In prose, photos, poems, and lists, here are their stories. You can explore using the map or the illustrated list below it. The next solar birding event will be 21 June 2009.
The Arctic
The silence out here is penetrating. It is one of the phenomen[a] up here that amazes me the most, and one of the reasons I love being out on the land alone. It was broken however, by a Raven calling from high up the cliff face. I searched for it ... (Clare Kines)
Nunavut, Canada by Clare Kines
Nunavut (Canada): Clare Kines
The North Temperate Zone
I ate breakfast looking out over the garden from the warmth of the kitchen and watched the frost dissipate as the sun slowly rose higher in the sky. The garden looks lovely at this time of year with daffodils flowering in the borders and the shrubs coming into leaf. Further evidence of spring was provided by two Eurasian Collared Doves canoodling on the garden fence... (RHicks)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
by Mtach and Chivis
Eastern Bluebird by Nancy
Sweden: Claudia Staab
Bedfordshire (UK): RHicks
Stokenchurch (UK): js_merz
Alaska (USA): innoko_bird
Nova Scotia (Canada): Suzi2008
Massachusetts (USA): birdinggirl
Rhode Island and Mass. (USA): andyslens
New York (USA): mikebergin
Maryland (USA): cedarwaxwing
Maryland (USA): cghawthorne
Maryland (USA): rebbiejaye
New Jersey (USA): dendroica
Pennsylvania (USA): kj_hower
Pennsylvania (USA): Nancy
Indiana (USA): destabee
Illinois (USA): ZBrokaw
Texas (USA): djringer
Texas (USA): thainamu
Arizona (USA): Anne Hilts
California (USA): Mtach and Chivis
The Tropics
Here in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea it's rainy season, and it's one of the most intense rainy seasons many people can remember. Mornings are often foggy; once in a great while, the fog burns off by mid-morning and we see the sun! Usually by early afternoon, black clouds are rolling in. (srvancott)
Blue-wingd Pitta feathers by KC Tsang
Honduras: hondubirding
Gujarat (India): asabavala
Singapore: gingkobird
Singapore: Willi Kwek
Papua New Guinea: srvancott
Australia: Fregata
The South Temperate Zone
No reports received.
The Antarctic
No reports received.
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