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Birdchick Podcast

Sharon Stiteler and Bill Stiteler

Sharon Stiteler, the Birdchick, talks about the latest in birding news.

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Party Pants

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2025/06/08

A screenshot of Party’s stats from the Denali website. “The thing I love most about Denali is that it turned Sharon

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Red-bellied Woodpeckers used to be called "Chad"

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2025/01/31

I have a robust collection of bird books and some that are over a century old. I was recently looking over Birds of America originally published in 1917 but I think my copy is from the 1930s. I was just doijng some casual browsing about woodpeckers and came across the section of other names for red-bellied woodpecker:

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Hummingbirds in Late Summer

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2024/08/23

Hummingbird coming in for nectar as I put this post together.

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Fall Migration Is On

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2024/08/17

I really missed fall migration while living in Alaska. Yes Alaska has fall migration, but it was all too brief. In Minnesota migration lasts months with shorebirds popping up as early as late July. But really it starts in August and depending on when lakes and rivers freeze it can least into early December. While birding at Westwood Hills this week with my friend Kara, we watched dozens of common nighthawks fly over at about 5 pm, feeding and beginning the journey south. Yesterday, while working, I

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Whimbrels of the Sub Arctic in Denali

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2023/07/16

What, this blog still works? I know, I blew up my life, moved to Alaska and now all of my writing and creativity goes to a national park. There are so many birds that I’ve seen and enjoyed over the years, but in many ways I didn’t truly appreciate them. There was a conversation between two men where one said that the outdoors is so much more enjoyable when you what things are. The other man got very defensive and said that he enjoyed the outdoors just as much as anybody and he didn’t need to know

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Should I Stop Feeding Birds Because of HPAI?

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2022/04/15

Short answer: Yeah, probably.Long answer: Am I going to judge you if you keep your bird feeders filled because it is the one damn thing that got you through the last two years? Nope. If you stop offering seed will the birds starve? Not a healthy bird. They know how to find food from a variety of sources.Will closing down your bird feeders stop the spread of the virus? It will slow the spread, but not stop it.

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My Latest Book: North American Birdwatching for...

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2022/04/07

Last fall I got an offer to write a book. The money solved a financial problem for me and I agreed to it. I wasn’t sure that the world needed another beginner bird book, but it needed to be written, the process intrigued me, and I’d had a serious case of writer’s block during the pandemic and was finally crawling out of that hole. I like deadlines, they give me focus. But like any writer, there comes a point when you realize you had some ideas for part of the book and no ideas for the other. And

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Snowy Owls on Breeding Territory

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2022/03/03

Female snowy owl perched on a building at the MSP Airport. How I normally see them every winter.Snowy owls are

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Snow Bunting Nests

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2022/01/08

Snow buntings flying around a remote road in Aitkin County, Minnesota. Snow buntings are a fairly regular appearance

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Birding The Park Road in Denali National Park

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2022/01/02

Three-toed woodpeckers were regulars outside of my cabin.

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A Toast To Curt Rawn

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2021/12/27

Curt always ready with a camera and occasionally a beer. My friends, let us toast Curt Rawn and his desire for human

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Driving From Minnesota to Alaska

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2021/12/20

In February, I was down round the Texas/Mexico border. By May I was in Alaska. This year was so weird and filled with

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Getting My Nemesis Bird

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2021/09/18

My former nemesis. If you’ve spent time with me in person then you know that spruce grouse is a big nemesis bird for

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Sounds of Willow Ptarmigan

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2021/09/04

What does a willow ptarmigan sound like? Utterly bonkers! When you work for the federal government, you occasionally

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My Lifer Texas Blue Bunting

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2021/07/24

There are life birds and then there are LIFE BIRDS. Taking a trip to a new state or country can yield you dozens of

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Cicadas

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2021/01/24

Parents (or heck, adults who want a fun project on their desk while working from home) this is something fun and safe you can do with your iPhone.

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What's The Best Bird Seed Mix To Buy?

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2020/12/23

Rose-breasted grosbeak eating sunflower from one of my custom made mixes. The best bird seed mix out there for you

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What's the Best Wild Bird Food to Buy?

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2020/12/13

Black-oil sunflower. The percentage of chaff (the stems you see in this) can affect the price of sunflower seeds. This came from a hardware store near the cabin in northern

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April 2020 Transforming A Yard For Birding

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2020/12/02

Let me tell you, moving during a pandemic…don’t really recommend it. But in April I moved right in between the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to a town called Falcon Heights. Some would call it a suburb, I call it convenient. And before any wiseacre asks are there any falcons in Falcon Heights, it is robust with merlins. So much so that in April not only did I show merlins to friends who visited the yard, one night a male and female came screaming in, locked talons and crash landed on my

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Naked Thanksgiving

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2020/11/24

I am probably one of the most prepared people for Thanksgiving during Covid.I moved to Minnesota in the mid 90s with a very quiet man named Bill (or Non Birding Bill as many long time readers remember). Our first few holidays were torture for me. I was used to Thanksgiving and Christmas being large, noisy affairs with family members working hard to stake a claim over hosting and loud squabbles over political candidates or personal grievances. Holidays were loud, generally involved laughter, and

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