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“Keeping up with the Birds “

By Ben  Burtt

Important Note:

On July 1st, 2008 this website will move to a new address.  Please visit http://benburtt.blogspot.com for this archive of bird columns and for all future columns.

 

Here you can read some of my newspaper columns on birds that appear every other Sunday in Stars Magazine of the Post Standard in Syracuse, NY

Recent columns published during the last few years are also available here, courtesy of the Post Standard.

To view or print  any column,  click on the word Columns in the Table of Contents at the left and a list of the columns stored here will appear.  Click on  the date of the column you wish to see.

 

Each column available here for a given date includes all the original material published in the newspaper. Sometimes there is also extra information on the subject of the column for the interested reader who wishes to learn more about it.   

 

To get in touch with Ben Burtt

Via Mail: Write to Ben Burtt, Stars Magazine, P.O. Box 4915, Syracuse,  NY 13221

Via E-mail: Send to features@syracuse.com.  Be sure to put “For Ben Burtt” in the subject line.

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INTRODUCTION

Every other week I write a newspaper column on birds that is published on Sunday in the Post Standard at Syracuse, N.Y.  This column has appeared in the Post Standard continuously since July, 1955 and now selected columns are available here on the internet.

Note the Table of Contents on the left  that includes links to the home page, the columns page, the maps page and the library page.  Below that are some announcements that are frequently updated.

 Here is a description of each of the pages:

The  “Columns”  page includes  a list of some recent columns with the most recent one at the top of the list.   Each listing includes the date  the column was published in the newspaper and the topic discussed. To view any recent column stored here, click on the word  Columns at the left and when the list appears, click on the date of the column you wish to see. The columns are listed with the most recent one at the top.

The "Maps" page now has a map showing how to get to the Derby Hill Hawk Lookout  and another that shows why it is such a good spot for hawks during the spring migration. Other maps will appear there from time to time.

The "Library "   page includes documents that will be permanently stored there for reference. These include such things as directions for making nest boxes, feeders, methods of attracting birds, etc. Material will be added there from time to time.