Birders and Birding in the News 1

Selected stories about birders and birding culled from the world's newspapers and other news outlets, as gathered with the aid of Google News Alert:

San Francisco is a bird watcher’s paradise (San Franciso Chronicle, Calif.)

Last tip of the wing to a birder and a friend (Corpus Christi Caller Times, Tex.)

Windmill study shows impact on bat populations [but not birds] (Cumberland Times-News, Md.)

Bird convention drawing strong interest (Mohave Valley News, Laughlin, Nev.)

Robins flock by millions to Old Tampa Bay (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)

Birds in the News 160 (Living the Scientific Life)

Birder’s likely to flock to rare cranes (Omaha World-Herald, Nebr.)

FAA testing radar to avoid bird strikes (CBS Evening News, New York)

Reaching a birder’s milestone (Pembroke Daily Observer, Ont.)