Stokes At Biggest Week in American Birding, Magee Marsh, OH, May 16th!

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Birders on boardwalk at Magee Marsh

We have been seeing beautiful migrant warblers coming into Florida for weeks and they and we are headed to The Biggest Week in American Birding Festival, Magee Marsh, Ohio "the warbler capital of the world." The festival is organized by Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Beautiful eye candy warblers gather on the south shore of Lake Erie before crossing and birders view them at close range from a boardwalk that runs through the important stop-over habitat at Magee Marsh woods.  We are giving a keynote talk there on Sat. May 16th at 4 pm and we will lead a special bird walk on Sun. May 17th at 8 am (for which you can register now). The festival runs from May 8-17th with lots of trips, speakers, birding vendors, warbler viewing and fun. We hope to see you there.

Announcing The Winners of The New Stokes East/West Field Guides and Answers to Quiz

And the 10 winners of autographed sets of The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region and The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region are:

Claude Morgan

Jesse Yannes

Lauren Leon

Ron Ezetta

Ryan O'Donnell

Charlotte Wasylik

Eric Wilhite

Chloe Walker

Janine Martin

Kimmo Heiskanen

Congratulations to the winners, if you are a winner, please send us your mailing address here.

Note: Tomorrow we are doing a book signing from 10 am to 12 noon at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge bookstore on Sanibel Island, FL. Be sure and catch us on May 10th for our book signing and keynote address at The Biggest Week in American Birding, OH.

Below are the photos and answers to the Stokes Big Countdown Bird Quiz. Thanks to all for participating! If you didn't win, we hope you will all still get the guides, they will really help you with your bird ID skills!

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The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region

The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

Pine Warbler, female

Here's another view of the Pine Warbler

 Bobolink. winter plumage

Hermit Thrush

Blue-winged Teal, female

Savannah Sparrow

Northern Harrier, juv., faded 

Red Knot, winter

Cerulean Warbler, female

Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3rd winter

Birders: The Central Park Effect, a must see, get the DVD.

 Blackburnian Warbler

and Nashville Warbler, two of the beautiful birds shown in the documentary, Birders: The Central Park Effect.

Just saw a showing of the documentary by Jeffrey Kimball called Birders: The Central Park Effect, last night at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. It's a film about birding and birders in Central Park, NY through the seasons.  It was great, you gotta see it. Beautifully filmed, great footage of birds, wonderful personalities (including Jonathan Franzen) articulately telling why birding grabs them. Like a love poem to birding, it will remind you why you are a birder.
Birders: The Central Park Effect is now available on DVD, click here.

The gorgeous video of warblers made us eager for the eye candy birds of spring migration. By the way,   we will be keynote speakers on Friday, May 10th this year at The Biggest Week in American Birding festival at Magee Marsh, OH, one of the top warbler spots of the country. Hope to see you there. Bring your cameras. I took the above warbler photos there.