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About Birdchick

Sharon Stiteler was given a Peterson Field Guide to Birds when she was seven years old and snapped. She loves birds - it’s just the way she’s wired. Since 1997, she has made it her goal to get paid to go birding. She runs the popular birding blog, Birdchick.com, and has been in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and on NBC Nightly News as well as making regular appearances on Twin Cities’ TV and radio stations. She’s a professional speaker and story-teller and her writing can be found in several publications including WildBird Magazine, Outdoor News, and Birding Business. She wrote the books 1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know, Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. When she’s not digiscoping, tweeting or banding birds, she’s a part-time park ranger and award-winning beekeeper.

Light Colored Bald Eagle

I had the pleasure of heading to the Winter Wings Bird Festival in Klamath Falls, Oregon last month and it…

Slow Motion Blackbirds

As a freelancer who lives in Minnesota, I try to plan work in warmer areas in the winter. I love…

What’s Up With This House Finch

House Finches are common enough birds at most bird feeding stations. Below is how we are accustomed to seeing the…

Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

I’m to the point that I wish all the Snowy Owls in the US this winter would head back north….

Otters Must Be Stinky

I’m currently in one of my favorite states: exhausted (maybe even a tiny bit tipsy) in a hotel room sorting…

Drones: The Next Thing Birders Will Be Arguing About

Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their…

Purple Finches vs House Finches

When I was kid, I tried to turn every House Finch we had in Indiana into a Purple Finch. Trying…

Talking Starlings

  A European Starling in New Zealand made the news this week. This particular species is not native to New…

What Happens When A Code 5 Rarity Shows Up At A Bird Festival

I love the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival. I love birding the area and I love the people–it’s a fantastic…

Waxwings

I think people who are aware of birds but would never call themselves birders don’t pay as much attention to…

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