1998 Additions Archive

December 31, 1998
December 29, 1998
          Added maps for each Canadian province.
December 28, 1998
December 27, 1998
December 14, 1998
December 10, 1998
          Greg Rothschild offered two great photos to include 
      on this website: a Ring-necked Pheasant to Kansas and Snowy Egret to Utah (highest breeding density).
December 8, 1998
December 2, 1998
           Started uploading the South American endemics 
      and speciality information.
November 27, 1998
 November 26, 1998
           Uploaded the first segment of the European endemics 
      and specialities research.
           Set up seperate pages for Bulgaria and Croatia, 
      including endemic and speciality information.
November 25, 1998
           Completed the US states research on endemics and 
      specialities. Now, on to Europe...
November 16, 1998
           First stage of my latest research project uploaded
November 5, 1998
           Larry Manfredi of South Florida Birding, has volunteered 
      several great photos: Bahama Mockingbird, Stripe headed Tanager and Bahama Woodstar to the Bahamas; Cuban Emerald and Cuban Peewee to Cuba, and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher to North Carolina (highest breeding density). Also check out Larry's great tours to the Dry Tortugas and the Bahamas.
November 2, 1998
           Updated link information for all National Wildlife Refuge 
      sites - they changed their server and changed all their URL's !!!!
October 31, 1998
           Added site and eco-lodge information for Guyana and 
      Guyane, after receiving a mild plea from a reader for help. This stuff is not easy to find!
October 27, 1998
           I do love e-mail. Recently obtained new links for 
      Minnesota, Utah, Arizona, British Columbia and the Netherlands from the website authors, as well as several suggestions for changed addresses of existing links. This really helps in making sure this site stays up-to-date! Thanks to all!
October 23, 1998
October 19, 1998
           Started development of a site guide to Brazos Bend
October 18, 1998
October 4 -12, 1998
          Sometimes you need more than virtual birds. 
      So I'm off to Texas and Florida. 

      GONE BIRDING!
September 27, 1998
    .......Jeff Blincow has provided permission to showcase 
      some of his great photos on this web-site: African Black Oystercatcher to Namibia, Benson's Rock-Thrush to Madagascar, Australasian Bittern to Australia, Lava Gull, Toucan Barbet and Galapagos Penguin to Ecuador, Hawaiian Coot to Hawaii, Takaha and Kea to New Zealand.
September 25, 1998
September 21, 1998
September 20, 1998
          Added some of Oleg Volk's great bird photos: Turkey 
September 19, 1998
September 10, 1998
          Added a page describing the free e-mail checklists 
      provided by Santa Barbara Software Products. Linked to African and Central American countries without checklists available on WWW. Links to other countries without available WWW checklists will be completed as time becomes available.
          Added DISCLAIMER links to "Tours and Guides" 
      sections for Africa and Central America
September 9, 1998
          Added DISCLAIMER links to "Tours and Guides" 
      sections for all Canadian provinces and US states.
September 5, 1998
September 2-4, 1998
          Set up a temporary web-site to assist the friends and 
      residents of Water Valley, Alberta to fight inappropriate development in the coulee. Imagine a pristine valley with nesting Sandhill Cranes turned into a campground with extensive ATV and Snowmobile trails! 
September 1, 1998
August 28, 1998
August 26, 1998
          Added links to a series of detailed sites from within
August 21 to 26, 1998
          Some times you need more than virtual birds. 
      So I'm off to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

      GONE BIRDING!
August 20, 1998
          Moved Nepal to new format on a seperate page; added 
      many new URLs - locations, tours, eco-lodge, and a checklist. Also added new URLs to India and Sri Lanka.
August 19, 1998
    ......Don DesJardin sent in some great gull photos, which 
      were included in the area in which they have the highest breeding density: Western and Heerman's Gulls to California; Glaucous-winged Gull to Washington, and Ring-billed Gull to Ontario.
    ......Birdlife On-Line Magazine has generously provided 
      permission to use some of their African bird photos on this web-site: Burchell's Glossy Starling and Bennett's Woodpecker to Namibia; Lilian's Lovebird to Malawi, Red Bishop to South Africa, Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling and Northern Carmine Bee-eater to Cameroon, Broad-billed Roller to Gambia, Malachite Kingfisher to Senegal, Spotted-back Weaver to Niger, Yellow-throated Longclaw to the Central African Republic, Western Blackheaded Oriole to Congo,  Green-capped Eremomela to Gabon.
August 18, 1998
August 17, 1998
          Received some more of Don DesJardin's fantastic 
      photos! All of the locations where these photos are now located reflect the area in which the bird has its highest breeding density: Black Tern and Sora to North Dakota; American Avocet and Black-necked Stilt to Utah; Bufflehead to Montana; Song Sparrow to Indiana; Double-crested Cormorant to Nova Scotia; Peregrine Falcon, Western Bluebird, and Stilt Sandpiper to California; Greater Scaup to British Columbia; and Common and Red-Crested Pochards to France.
August 16, 1998
August 15, 1998
August 14, 1998
          Established new page with many new URLs for Cyprus. 
August 12, 1998
August 7, 1998
          Transferred Morocco, Tunesia, and Congo to the new 
      format, added new URLs, tours, etc.
August 6, 1998
          Established new page for Kenya, added some new URLs, 
      tours, etc. 
          Nick Lowton's site is back up and running, with some great 
      new photos from his recent trip to Africa: Lappet-faced Vulture is a speciality of the Ogovango Delta, Botswana; Saddle-billed Stork to South Africa; African Ostrich, Black-faced Sandgrouse, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Red-billed Hornbill, Grey-headed Social Weaver and Vulturine Guineagowl to Kenya; White-throated Bee-eater to Uganda. 
August 5, 1998
          Integrated some thumbnails of excellent photos taken by 
      Naoto Kitigawa: Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Japanese White-eye, Greater Pied Kingfisher, Red-flanked Bluetail (Siberian Bluechat), Arctic Loon and Falcated Duck (Teal) to Japan; the largest concentration of the endangered Black-faced Spoonbill winter in Taiwan.
August 4, 1998
          Completed and uploaded trip report/site guide to 
August 2, 1998
          Added several of Hans Martens' marvellous photos to a        Added birding factoids to all Asian countries. 
          Set up new pages for Sri Lanka, Botswana, and 
      Mozambique. Added several new URLs and birding contact information.
July 31, 1998
    .......Tom and Marie Tarrant, who have approved the use of some 
      of their photos on this site, have contributed two great thumbnails from their trip report from  Saudi Arabia: Collared Pratincole and Little Bittern.
          Transferred Gambia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, 
      Zimbabwe, and Namibia to the new format - added several new URL links, checklists (where available) and birding factoids.
July 30, 1998
          Permission has been received from Ross Warner to use 
      some of the wonderful images from his African Birds page: Gray Crowned-Crane is Uganda's national bird, Helmeted Guinea-fowl is best seen in Senegal, the Egyptian Goose can be seen in (where else...) Egypt, and the Superb Starling, Martial Eagle, Kori Bustard, White-headed Buffalo-weaver, Secretarybird, and Lilac-breasted (beautiful!) Roller were all photographed in Tanzania.
    .......Trident Press, publishers of "Arabian Wildlife", has
      approved the use of several of their Arabian bird photographs: Collared Kingfisher breeds in Oman, Pale Crag Martin can be found in Jordan, Indian Pond-Heron is from (guess...) India, the Lesser Spotted Eagle frequents Turkey, and the Imperial Eagle can be observed in most of the Middle East (included in World Bird Sampler).
          Transferred Uganda, Egypt, Oman, Turkey and Jordan to 
      the new format - added several new URL links, checklists (where available) and birding factoids.
July 29, 1998
    ......George Williams has offered the use of several photos of 
      endemic birds of Madagascar: the Madagascar Magpie-Robin; Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher, Giant Coua, Crested Coua, and Hook-billed Vanga.
          Transferred Madagascar, Zambia and Tanzania to the new 
      format - added several new URL links and birding factoids.
          Added two Guy Tal, of Spyra, photos - a gorgeous Common 
July 28, 1998
          Transferred more of Don DesJardin's photos to the World 
      Bird Sampler and various locations around the world: Himalayan (White-cheeked) Bulbul to India, Bonaparte's Gull highest breeding density is northern British Columbia, the Mute Swan is the national bird of Denmark, the highest density wintering population of Eurasian Widgeon is in Washington, Saskatchewan has the highest density of breeding Northern Pintails, while Oregon has the highest breeding density of Canvasback, Brewer's Sparrows breed in Nevada,  while Swamp Sparrows can be found most easily in Ontario. 
    ......Added some information and links to the Belize page for
      the Belize Bird Fest International, sponsored by the Belize Audubon Society, October 2-8, 1998.
July 26, 1998
    ......ANNOUNCEMENT - New to the web is Don DesJardin. 
      His web-page is hosted as part of this site. You must see the full-size images to really appreciate them! Thumbnails of his beautiful birds (including a most pugnacious Allen's Hummingbird) can be found scattered all over this site: Anna's Hummingbird, Lazuli Bunting, Burrowing Owl and Lawrence's Goldfinch to California, Virginia Rail to (where else...) Virginia, Pink-footed Shearwater to Chile (breeding grounds), the Pectoral Sandpiper breeds in Churchill, Manitoba, Sandhill Crane to Nebraska, Gray Heron and Greater Flamingo to France, Green Heron to Louisiana, the highest breeding concentration of American Pipits are in Colorado, Little Green Bee-eater is common in India, and the Pacific Loon breeds in Alaska.
July 25, 1998
          Finally managed to find the Hawaiian birds in Sibley-Monroe 
      and added them to the Sampler. Check out Jim Denny's unique pictures of I'iwi, Puaiohi, Ae'o, and Koloa on the Hawaii page.
          Added new URL on the Gaspe Peninsula, one of the top
      100 birding spots in North America to Quebec.
July 24, 1998
July 23, 1998
          Added  some of Peter Weber's excellent bird photos:
      White-winged Dove and Audubon's Oriole to Mexico, Golden-fronted Woodpecker to Texas and Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl to Arizona. Also included these photos in the World Bird Sampler.
July 22, 1998
          Added photos of local birds to the Taiwan page. 
          Updated Hong Kong to new format, including a checklist link. 
      Added a guide link and new URL.
          Uploaded final Creston Valley unofficial site guide 
          Completed catagorization and up-loading of all but 
July 20, 1998
          Added photo of Buller's Mollymawk (Shearwater) to New       Added contact information for a birding guide in Germany
          Started migration of photos to the Sampler of the World's
July 18, 1998