About Andy McGann
Birding since the young age of 10, Andy has now finished his graduate studies at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, with an M.S. in biology and a thesis on overwintering Rusty Blackbirds. While getting his B.S. at Villanova in Biology and Env. Studies, Andy worked several years on the field crew for the PA Breeding Bird Atlas as well as doing goshawk surveys in Idaho. Andy was also the first intern at the Ned Smith Center in 2007, banding saw-whet owls during that huge irruption year. A top-notch birder, he once placed second in the World Series of Birding with several other members of the Breeding Bird Atlas crew.
Posts by Andy McGann:
Mapping the Christmas Bird Count
I thought I would share just a little of the map prep work I did, last minute, for the Syracuse CBC. Hopefully this will help you out in your last…
Calliope Hummingbird video
Not long after Pennsylvania picked up its second record of Calliope Hummingbird, another Calliope was banded, this one in Lancaster County. Andy McGann got the footage below when he went…
EVERY Grebe Species at Memorial Lake
Pennsylvania Grebe Perfection. Every species of grebe (Avian order Podicipediformes, family Podicipedidae), that has EVER been documented in Pennsylvania was present at the SAME place, at the SAME TIME, at…
When a Bird Becomes an Individual: the One-legged Great Egret
Books can be (and are) written about the ornithological knowledge gained through studies that involve the practice known as “bird banding” (or “ringing” overseas). To put it simply, banding involves…
Preening video – Least Sandpiper
Here is a video on preening shot and edited by Andy McGann.
Answer to the scaup quiz
And the answer to yesterday’s video quiz is…. LESSER SCAUP! However, the results of the voting were a statistical tie! Lesser Scaup – 32 votes Greater Scaup – 31…
Video Quiz: Greater & Lesser Scaup
A first for us here at Nemesisbird: a video quiz! The first part of the video features a side-by-side comparison of drake Greater and Lesser Scaup. The birds are far…
Black-headed Gull – the music video
A rare bird in Pennsylvania, the Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), was found foraging in the Susquehanna River near Washington Boro, PA. It was foraging in the outflow from a water…
The PA Townsend’s Warbler music video
This Townsend’s Warbler was found by Dr. Andy Green in his backyard in Cumberland County, PA. It constitutes the fourth documented record of this species for Pennsylvania. Dr. Green has…
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