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Dr. Jeff Wells is the Senior Scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. During his time at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and as the Audubon Society's National Conservation Director, Dr. Wells earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading bird experts and conservation biologists. He is now dedicated to understanding and protecting the land where North America's birds are born and raised, the Boreal Forest of Canada and Alaska. Check back regularly to read Dr. Wells' perspectives on the conservation, migration and interesting habits of Boreal birds.

Archive for January, 2008

Boreal Ducks on Lake Champlain

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

I’d like to introduce Matt Medler, the Science Coordinator for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. Starting this week, he will be contributing to the BSI Boreal Bird Blog on a regular basis. Prior to joining BSI, Matt worked at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and he also worked for several years [...]

Surprises

Friday, January 11th, 2008

It’s raining here in Maine this early January morning. After the below-zero (F) temperatures and huge snowfalls of a few weeks ago, it is quite a surprise and not necessarily a welcome one considering the slushy mess that it is causing.
I’ve had a few other surprises over the last week or so. One is a [...]

Still snowing….

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

It’s still snowing here in Maine as we usher in the first day of 2008. There is so much snow that birders here in Maine have now started keeping snowshoe and ski bird lists. We haven’t had snow like this since I was a kid and we had 15-foot high snow banks all winter.
My [...]


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