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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar Avails Us Blue Jays as March 2026


Summary: Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar avails us blue jays as March 2026 in National Audubon Society 2026 Audubon Protecting Birds and Nature calendar series.

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A blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) numbers among 16 birds illustrated in the Autumn section (pages 279-402) of Rural Hours by a Lady, published in 1851 (MDCCCLI) as an Illustrated Edition by Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (April 17, 1813-Dec. 31, 1894), American writer, naturalist, Cooperstown, New York, orphanage founder and daughter of American historical Romanticism-themed fiction writer James Fenimore Cooper (Sep. 15, 1789-Sep. 14, 1851).
Rural Hours records ". . . those little events which make up the course of the seasons in rural life, and were commenced two years since, in the spring of 1848, for the writer's amusement. In wandering about the fields, during a long, unbroken residence in the country, one naturally gleans many trifling observations on rustic matters, which are afterward remembered with pleasure by the fire-side, and gladly shared, perhaps, with one's friends." (Preface, page v).
A walk on Thursday, Sep. 28, 1848, yielded observations of a "noisy flock of blue jays . . . . hunting for nuts and chattering like monkeys. Their cry is anything but musical, but they are certainly very handsome birds. . . . These birds are said to eat all sorts of things; just now they are frequently mischievous in the maize-fields. They are good mimics, when trained, and a little given to thieving, like the magpie. We do not quarrel with them, however, for they are one of the few birds that pass the winter in our woods: at least, some of their flocks remain here, though others probably go off toward the coast" (pages 310-311).
(center, first line) "Blue Jay"; (center, second line) "G. P. Putnam, N.Y."; (center, right) "Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co."; Susan Fenimore Cooper, Rural Hours (MDCCCLI), opposite page 310.: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library

Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar avails blue jays of eastern and central United States and southern Canada, as March 2026 in National Audubon Society 2026 Audubon Protecting Birds and Nature calendar series.
Blue jays belong among the native bird populations of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and perhaps southern Northwest Territories. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine; Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan; New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland; Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia; Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas claim them. The Canadian provinces Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba; the Unitedstatesian states Oregon, Washington; Idaho, Montana, Wyoming; Colorado, New Mexico domicile non-breeding, non-year-round, albeit yearly-departing/-returning populations of blue jays.
Blue jays endear themselves as black-/blue-/gray-feathered, conical-, stout-billed, short-legged Passeriformes ("sparrow-shaped," Latin passer -fōrmēs) order, counting-savvy, opportunistic-omnivorous, problem-solving, self-aware Corvidae ("crow-appearing/-resembling," Latin corvus -idæ) family members.

Map of geographical distribution of the snow goose (Anser caerulescens), adapted from "BirdLife International. 2021. Anser caerulescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22679896A157448765. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22679896A157448765.en. Accessed on 31 December 2024.": Simon Pierre Barrette (Cephas), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

The genus-species member, Cyanocitta cristata (dark-blue-green," Latin cyano-; "Eurasian-jay [Garrulus glandarius]," Greek κίσσᾰ; "crested/plumed/tufted," Latin cristāta) scientifically, flies in flat, flapping bursts afore flat-winged, long glides.
Blue jays, gauged by Carl Linnaeus (Mon., May 23, 1707-Sat., Jan. 10, 1778), guard blue mantles; white upper-streaked, trailing-edged blue wings; black-, blue-barred, long, white-cornered tails. Seven-year lifespan expectancies herald white faces housing black patches between black eyes and black, long bills even as blue heads have blue crests and white throats. Black collars indicate along their headward iterations white-sided, white-throated faces even as they inspire along their underbody-ward itineraries gray-white upperparts atop black-, short-legged, black, four-toed feet.
Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar jubilates blue jays as March 2026 even as adult females and males join for northerly single-brooded, southerly double-, triple-brooded breeding-season months.

"Deutsch: Blauhäher Cyanocitta cristata, Ei, Coll. Museum Wiesbaden; English: Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata, egg, Coll. Museum Wiesbaden," image obtained Friday, July 6, 2012: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

The breeding-season months March through July kindle 3- to 6-egg clutches by 9.5- to 12-inch- (24- to 30-centimeter-) long, 2.25- to 3.5-ounce (65- to 100-gram) adults.
Sixteen-inch (41-centimeter) wingspans let blue-jay mothers-to-be lodge their eggs protectively in bark-, feather-, grass-, rootlet-, twig-, weed-lined cups, sometimes mud-lined, located and logged by both parents. Blue-jay mothers-to-be manage 16- to 18-day incubations in 10- to 40-foot- (3.048- to 12.192-meter-) high mixed-woodland, parkland, woodland bush, shrub, tree branches and business-/residential-building attic/roof exteriors/interiors. Blue-jay fathers-to-be nourish mothers-to-be nestled atop glossy, smooth, subelliptical, variably blue-green, buff-pink, buff-white, green, green-white, olive-white 1-inch (2.54-centimeter) by 0.7- to 1.3-inch (1.778- to 3.302-centimeter) eggs.
Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar observes blue jays as March 2026 even as that month occasions first occurrences of blind, cream or white-yellow, helpless, red-mouthed hatchlings.

American ornithologist and pioneer field guide writer Frank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864-Nov. 15, 1945) began his employment with the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, New York City, New York, with an assistantship in 1888. In 1901 he was appointed as associate Curator of Mammals and Birds. From 1908 until his retirement in 1942, he served as the natural history museum's Curator of Birds.
"Yes, indeed we are" records the open-mouth responses by five nestlings to Chapman's query, "Are you not very hungry?" (Frank M. Chapman, Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist, With 250 Photographs From Nature by the Author [1908], page 14).: American Museum of Natural History, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library

The naked progeny prompt, apart mother-only brooding, parental provision even as 5-, 8- to 9-day-olds respectively perceive, with eyes first-time opened, their parents and unsheathed feathers.
Nestling feathers quit their sheaths 9 to 12 day afore 17- to 21-day-olds qualify as fledglings whose independence queues as 38- to 41-day-olds in extended-family flocks. Blue jays reveal, with soft-released clucks, their relishing eggs; fruits; insects; nuts, such as favorite acorns from favorite oaks (Quercus spp); seeds; small lizards, rodents; tree-frogs. They socialize in small-scale sustenance-searching, sleeping, sojourning flocks silently or with their standard "Jay-jay!" and "Queedle-ee-dee!" sounds even as they successfully similarize other birds' species-specific sounds.
Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar treats as March 2026 blue jays, North-American natives touting white-patched tail and wings and, with soil-entombed uneaten nuts, transforming treeless terrains.

One male blue jay (bottom right) perches with two female blue jays (top and bottom left) appreciate a Trumpet flower (Bignonia radicans L.) as a food source, as depicted by French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer and ornithologist John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785-Jan. 27, 1851) in The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, vol. IV (1842), No. 47, Pl. 231.
(first line) "Blue Jay"; (second line)"1.Male. @&3 Female"; (third line) "Trumpet flower. Bignonia radicans."; (fourth line, left) "Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S."; (fourth line, right) "Lith'd. Printed & Col'd by J.T. Bowers Philad.":
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library

Acknowledgment
My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication
This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:
A blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) numbers among 16 birds illustrated in the Autumn section (pages 279-402) of Rural Hours by a Lady, published in 1851 (MDCCCLI) as an Illustrated Edition by Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (April 17, 1813-Dec. 31, 1894), American writer, naturalist, Cooperstown, New York, orphanage founder and daughter of American historical Romanticism-themed fiction writer James Fenimore Cooper (Sep. 15, 1789-Sep. 14, 1851).
Rural Hours records ". . . those little events which make up the course of the seasons in rural life, and were commenced two years since, in the spring of 1848, for the writer's amusement. In wandering about the fields, during a long, unbroken residence in the country, one naturally gleans many trifling observations on rustic matters, which are afterward remembered with pleasure by the fire-side, and gladly shared, perhaps, with one's friends." (Preface, page v).
A walk on Thursday, Sep. 28, 1848, yielded observations of a "noisy flock of blue jays . . . . hunting for nuts and chattering like monkeys. Their cry is anything but musical, but they are certainly very handsome birds. . . . These birds are said to eat all sorts of things; just now they are frequently mischievous in the maize-fields. They are good mimics, when trained, and a little given to thieving, like the magpie. We do not quarrel with them, however, for they are one of the few birds that pass the winter in our woods: at least, some of their flocks remain here, though others probably go off toward the coast" (pages 310-311).
(center, first line) "Blue Jay"; (center, second line) "G. P. Putnam, N.Y."; (center, right) "Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co."; Susan Fenimore Cooper, Rural Hours (MDCCCLI), opposite page 310.: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48165812;
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BioDivLibrary), Public Domain, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/49353140327/;
Not in copyright, via Internet Archive @ https://archive.org/details/ruralhour00coop/page/n348/mode/1up;
Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rural_Hours_-_Blue_Jay.jpg
"Approximate range of the Cyanocitta cristata," based upon:
"Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata," IUCN Red List. "BirdLife International. 2016. Cyanocitta cristata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22705611A94027257. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22705611A94027257.en."; and
"Blue Jay Range Map," Cornell Lab All About Birds @ https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/maps-range.
Blue-green: Breeding. Purple: Year-round.:
Jebbles, CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyanocitta_cristata_map.svg;
"Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata: Geographic Range: BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2016) 2006. Cyanocitta cristata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-2," via The IUCN Red List @ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22705611/94027257
"Deutsch: Blauhäher Cyanocitta cristata, Ei, Coll. Museum Wiesbaden; English: Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata, egg, Coll. Museum Wiesbaden," image obtained Friday, July 6, 2012: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyanocitta_cristata_MWNH_1384.JPG
American ornithologist and pioneer field guide writer Frank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864-Nov. 15, 1945) began his employment with the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, New York City, New York, with an assistantship in 1888. In 1901 he was appointed as associate Curator of Mammals and Birds. From 1908 until his retirement in 1942, he served as the natural history museum's Curator of Birds.
"Yes, indeed we are" records the open-mouth responses by five nestlings to Chapman's query, "Are you not very hungry?" (Frank M. Chapman, Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist, With 250 Photographs From Nature by the Author [1908], page 14).: American Museum of Natural History, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7558995;
American Museum of Natural History, Not in copyright, via Internet Archive @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32477#page/34/mode/1up
One male blue jay (bottom right) perches with two female blue jays (top and bottom left) appreciate a Trumpet flower (Bignonia radicans L.) as a food source, as depicted by French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer and ornithologist John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785-Jan. 27, 1851) in The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, vol. IV (1842), No. 47, Pl. 231.
(first line) "Blue Jay"; (second line)"1.Male. @&3 Female"; (third line) "Trumpet flower. Bignonia radicans."; (fourth line, left) "Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S."; (fourth line, right) "Lith'd. Printed & Col'd by J.T. Bowers Philad.":
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40447036;
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BioDivLibrary), Public Domain, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/8577632994/;
Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:102_Blue_Jay.jpg;
"No Copyright -- United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries," via ULS (University of Pittsburgh Library System) @ https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3Aaud0102

For further information:
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 March 2026. "Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar Avails Us Blue Jays as March 2026." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2026/03/no-total-lunar-eclipse-affects-bishop.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 February 2026. "Snow Geese as February 2026 Awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/snow-geese-as-february-2026-awe-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 January 2026. "Pyrrhuloxia as January 2026 Awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/pyrrhuloxia-as-january-2026-awe-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 8 December 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Aces Wild December as Awesome Denali, Area of Drunken Forest White Spruce." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/12/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-aces.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 November 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Allies With November Polar Bears, Ringed Seal Predators." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/11/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 October 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Airs Willow Ptarmigans for October." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-airs.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 September 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024: Dall Sheep at September Snow Willow." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/09/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-dall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 August 2024. "Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Arctic Terns Above August Nagoon?" Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/08/are-audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 6 July 2024. "Ivishak River Acts as Wild July on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/ivishak-river-acts-as-wild-july-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 May 2024. "Beluga Whales Awe Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 as Wild May." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/05/beluga-whales-awe-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 2 March 2024. "Baffin Bay Agrees as Wild March With Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/baffin-bay-agrees-as-wild-march-with.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 February 2024. "Tufted Puffins Add Wild February to Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/02/tufted-puffins-add-wild-february-to.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 30 December 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Assigns Snowy Owls to December Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/12/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 December 2023. "Spectacled Eiders Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 December Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/12/spectacled-eiders-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 11 November 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Adds Mount Katmai to Wild November." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022-adds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 14 October 2023. "Caribou Abound as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 October Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/caribou-abound-as-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2023. "Red-Necked Phalaropes, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 October Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/red-necked-phalaropes-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 9 September 2023. "Brown Bears Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/brown-bears-are-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 2 September 2023. "Polar Bears Act as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/polar-bears-act-as-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 12 August 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Augurs King Eiders as August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022.html#google_vignette
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 August 2023. "Savannah Sparrows Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/savannah-sparrows-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 July 2023. "Kenai Peninsula Awes, As Wild July, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/07/kenai-peninsula-awes-as-wild-july.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 10 June 2023. "Buff-Breasted Sandpipers, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 June Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/buff-breasted-sandpipers-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 June 2023. "Rock Ptarmigans Act as June Birds on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/rock-ptarmigans-act-as-june-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 6 May 2023. "Moose Appear as May Animals on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/moose-appear-as-may-animals-on-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 April 2023. "Brooks Range Acts as Wild April on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/brooks-range-acts-as-wild-april-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 April 2023. "Arctic Terns Are April Birds on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/arctic-terns-are-april-birds-on-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Western Sandpipers Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 March Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/western-sandpipers-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Baffin Island Wolves Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 Wild March." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/baffin-island-wolves-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 18 February 2023. "Musk Ox, Muskox Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar February 2022 Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/musk-ox-muskox-are-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 11 February 2023. "Red-Throated Loons Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 February Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/red-throated-loons-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 21 January 2023. "Mallard Ducks Aced Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 as January Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/mallard-ducks-aced-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 January 2023. "Red Foxes Are January Wildlife on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/red-foxes-are-january-wildlife-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 December 2022. "Dark-Eyed Juncos Are December Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/12/dark-eyed-juncos-are-december-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 26 November 2022. "Eared Grebes Are November Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/11/eared-grebes-are-november-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2022. "Barred Owls Are October Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/10/barred-owls-are-october-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 September 2022. "Brown Pelicans Are September Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/09/brown-pelicans-are-september-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 August 2022. "Allen’s Hummingbirds Are August Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/08/allens-hummingbirds-are-august-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 30 July 2022. "Reddish Egrets Are July Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/07/reddish-egrets-are-july-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 June 2022. "American Oystercatchers Are June Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/06/american-oystercatchers-are-june-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 May 2022. "Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks Are May Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/05/rose-breasted-grosbeaks-are-may-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 10 April 2022. "Crested Caracaras Appear as April Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/04/crested-caracaras-appear-as-april-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 19 March 2022. "Cerulean Warblers Are March Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/03/cerulean-warblers-are-march-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 February 2022. "Northern Bobwhites Are February Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/northern-bobwhites-are-february-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 January 2022. "Florida Scrub-Jays Are January Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/01/florida-scrub-jays-are-january-birds-on.html


Sunday, February 1, 2026

Snow Geese as February 2026 Awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar


Summary: Snow geese as February 2026 in National Audubon Society 2026 Audubon Protecting Birds and Nature calendar series awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar.

"God talks to human beings through many vectors: through each other, through organized religion, through the great books of those religions, through wise people, through art and music and literature and poetry, but nowhere with such detail and grace and color and joy as through creation. When we destroy a species, when we destroy a special place, we're diminishing our capacity to sense the divine, understand who God is and what our own potential is." Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., April 19, 2023, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.

“And there’s many people out there who want us to move to the next planet already and I’m like, hang on, let’s not give up on this planet yet," William, Prince of Wales, July 31, 2023, Sorted Food food truck, London, England, United Kingdom.


The snow goose (Anser caerulescens), a North American native waterfowl in the Anatidae family, comprises two subspecies. The lesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens, Linnaeus, 1758) breeds in northern Alaska, northwestern Canada and northeastern Siberia and migrates to wintering ranges in the southern United States, northern Mexico and Japan. The greater snow goose (Anser caerulescens atlanticus, Kennard, 1927) breeds in northeastern Canada and northwestern Greenland and winters in the northeastern United States.
Snow geese follow their Arctic flyway for their wintering season in destinations in the southeastern United States, such as Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, north central Cameron Parish, southwestern Louisiana; image by USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) wildlife biologist Jessica Bolser: USFWS Southeast Region, via Facebook Nov. 18, 2024

Snow geese as blue and white morphs native to North America, as February 2026 in National Audubon Society 2026 Audubon Protecting Birds and Nature calendar series awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar.
Snow geese belong among the native birds of North America even as continental and insular Canada, through continental United States, into continental Mexico boasts their populations. They count among the Anseriformes ("goose-shaped," Latin ānser fōrmēs) waterfowl-order, Anatidae ("duck-appearing/-resembling," Latin anas -idæ) ducks-, geese-, swan-family, Anserinae ("goose-pertaining," Latin ānser‎ -īnus) geese- and swan-subfamily members. They deport and display themselves as more swan-like than duck-like socially and trait-wise in teaming together in geese gaggles and swan bevies and transmitting their long-neckedness.
Snow geese endear themselves as blue morphs black-blue-brown-gray-backed; black-grin-patched; dark-bellied and eyed; pink-billed, footed, legged; white-headed and upper-necked even as white lines edge black-blue-gray wing feathers.

White morphs favor dark-eyed, grin-patched, long-, pink-billed, long-necked, pink-footed and legged, white-headed bodies even as they feature black-patched and tipped white wings, white backs, bellies, necks.
Respectively order-, family-, sufamily-membered Anseriformes ("goose-shaped," Latin anser -fōrmēs) waterfowl, Anatidae (duck-appearing/-resembling," anat -idæ) waterbirds, Anserinae ("goose-pertaining," anser -īnae) true geese and swans guard snow geese. Genus-species-subspecies-membered Anser caerulescens caerulescens and Anser caerulescens atlanticus (respectively "goose dark-bluing/-greening dark-bluing/-greening Atlantic," Latin anser caerulēscēns atlanticus) respectively house lesser[-sized] and greater[-sized], Linnaeus- and Kennard-taxonomized snow geese. Carl Linnaeus (Mon., May 23, 1707-Sat., Jan. 10, 1778) and Frederic Hedge Kennard (Sun., Nov. 19, 1865-Weds., Feb. 24, 1937) identified them in 1758 and 1927.
Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar jubilates snow geese as February 2026 even as lesser versus greater subspecies respectively journey through Siberia, Alaska, Canada versus Canada, Greenland.

Map of geographical distribution of the snow goose (Anser caerulescens), adapted from "BirdLife International. 2021. Anser caerulescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22679896A157448765. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22679896A157448765.en. Accessed on 31 December 2024.": Simon Pierre Barrette (Cephas), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

Northeast Siberia, north Alaska, northwest Canada versus northeast Canada, northwest Greenland keep breeding, even as southern United States, north Mexico versus Unitedstatesian northeast know non-breeding, geese.
Physical and sexual maturity logs 27- to 33-inch (69- to 83-centimeter), 3.75- to 6.5-pound (1.7- to 3-kilogram) bodies, 4.25- to 5.5-foot (1.3- to 1.7-meter) wingspans there. Snow geese migrate in 10,000-plus-member flocks to coastal-bay, freshwater, salt marshes, marsh-managed grain fields even as they manifest bunched- or V-formationed, direct, moderate-, wing-beaten, strong movements. They niche nesting-colony, open-grass or tall-vegetation tundra near freshwater lakes along hillock-, hummock-, knoll-, mound-scraped coastal Alaska and Canada or on ledge- and slope-scraped mountainous Greenland.
Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar observes snow geese February 2026 even as gray down-, white-feather-rimmed, aquatic/terrestrial grain-, leaf-, rootlet-, seed-, stem-, tuber-lined nests occur mid-yearly.

Two- to eight cream-white to white, elliptical to subelliptical, fine-grained, 3.1-inch (79-millimeter) by 2-inch (52-millimeter), smooth eggs present precocial/precocious hatchlings after 22- to 25-day mothers-to-be incubations.
Blue-morph snow-geese nestlings queue black bills with white nails; black feet and legs; brown-olive backs and heads duskier-downed than their underparts; yellow patches under their chins. White-morph nestlings reveal brown-yellow hindnecks, upperparts; dark-patched crowns, flanks, thighs; dark-streaked eyes; gold-green-yellow heads, underparts; gray bills with brown-yellow nails; gray-footed gray legs; sporadic-yellowing brown wings. .
Forty-two- to 50-day nestlings water-edge swim even as subsequent-sequenced fledglings, parental-supervisionedly, sojourn to and from central-plateaued Mexico; coastal-lowlanded British Columbia, Caribbean-mid-Atlantic United States; interior-valleyed North America.

A greater snow goose (Anser caerulescens atlanticus) and two barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) forage in Hustadvika, Møre og Romsdal county, Western Norway region, southern Norway.: Kai Helge Andersen, via Facebook Oct. 27, 2024

Acknowledgment
My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication
This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

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The snow goose (Anser caerulescens), a North American native waterfowl in the Anatidae family, comprises two subspecies. The lesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens, Linnaeus, 1758) breeds in northern Alaska, northwestern Canada and northeastern Siberia and migrates to wintering ranges in the southern United States, northern Mexico and Japan. The greater snow goose (Anser caerulescens atlanticus, Kennard, 1927) breeds in northeastern Canada and northwestern Greenland and winters in the northeastern United States.
Snow geese follow their Arctic flyway for their wintering season in destinations in the southeastern United States, such as Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, north central Cameron Parish, southwestern Louisiana; image by USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) wildlife biologist Jessica Bolser: USFWS Southeast Region, via Facebook Nov. 18, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/usfwssoutheast/posts/from-the-high-arctic-tundra-to-the-southeast-us-snow-geese-travel-far-and-wide-d/970206021800677/
Map of geographical distribution of the snow goose (Anser caerulescens), adapted from "BirdLife International. 2021. Anser caerulescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22679896A157448765. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22679896A157448765.en. Accessed on 31 December 2024.": Simon Pierre Barrette (Cephas), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chen_caerulescens_map.svg;
"Snow Goose Anser caerulescens: Geographic Range: BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World 2021. Anser caerulescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-2," via The IUCN Red List @ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679896/157448765
A greater snow goose (Anser caerulescens atlanticus) and two barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) forage in Hustadvika, Møre og Romsdal county, Western Norway region, southern Norway.: Kai Helge Andersen, via Facebook Oct. 27, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid04amgCYM3FQcAzd3oiAnQLRniHuxSpghEohM89UTKAhVJUHQNDdLdKuPo55NTovNel&id=100076427125327

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Marriner, Derdriu. 7 September 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024: Dall Sheep at September Snow Willow." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 3 February 2024. "Tufted Puffins Add Wild February to Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 3 December 2023. "Spectacled Eiders Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 December Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 11 November 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Adds Mount Katmai to Wild November." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 14 October 2023. "Caribou Abound as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 October Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2023. "Red-Necked Phalaropes, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 October Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 9 September 2023. "Brown Bears Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 2 September 2023. "Polar Bears Act as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 12 August 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Augurs King Eiders as August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 5 August 2023. "Savannah Sparrows Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Western Sandpipers Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 March Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Baffin Island Wolves Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 Wild March." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 11 February 2023. "Red-Throated Loons Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 February Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Saturday, January 3, 2026

Pyrrhuloxia as January 2026 Awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar


Summary: Pyrrhuloxia as January 2026 in National Audubon Society 2026 Audubon Protecting Birds and Nature calendar series awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar.

"God talks to human beings through many vectors: through each other, through organized religion, through the great books of those religions, through wise people, through art and music and literature and poetry, but nowhere with such detail and grace and color and joy as through creation. When we destroy a species, when we destroy a special place, we're diminishing our capacity to sense the divine, understand who God is and what our own potential is." Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., April 19, 2023, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.

“And there’s many people out there who want us to move to the next planet already and I’m like, hang on, let’s not give up on this planet yet," William, Prince of Wales, July 31, 2023, Sorted Food food truck, London, England, United Kingdom.


female pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), also known as desert cardinal, southeastern Arizona, Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013, 23:46:41: Vickie J Anderson (VJAnderson), CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons

Pyrrhuloxia as desert cardinals of Mexico and the United States and as January 2026 in National Audubon Society 2026 Audubon Protecting Birds and Nature calendar series awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar.
The afore-broached birds, whose scientific name Pyrrhuloxia bears them intermittently between the bullfinch Pyrrhula and the crossbill Loxia genera, begin each year biding where they breed. Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals never count among birds whose year-after-year conduct comprises flyway-corridor circulations to and from winter roosts even as the Pyrrhuloxia genus sometimes can stray. Built and clear-cutting anthropomorphics ("human-form/-shape," Greek νθρωπος μορφή), climate change, habitat destruction and habitat loss damage, daunt and do in arid, scrubby, shrubby, thicketed, woodland-edged domiciles.
Southeast Arizona, southern New Mexico, southwest Texas, east-coastal Mexico west-coastward and Sierra Madre del Sur, Trans-Mexican Volcano Belt, Isthmus of Tehuantepec northward embrace Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals.

Breed hybridizing-friendly range overlaps sometimes favor desert-cardinal range-featuring northern cardinals ("[Catholic-Church red-cassocked] cardinal," Cardinalis cardinalis) even as they other times figure northern-cardinal range-fitting Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals.
Southwestern-Unitedstatesian, northernmost-Mexican grounds guard mesquite ("mesquite ["thorny-tree pale," Neltuma pallida, Telugu mulla tumma, Latin pallida]," Nahuatl mizquitl) shrub-trees even as they guide Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals streambed-ward. Streambedside habitats house breeding, nesting desert cardinals against mesquite trunks or in mesquite twig forks 5 to 7 feet (1.524 to 2.1336 meters) above woody-plant bases. Desert-cardinal nests iterate compactly small cups with fiber-, fine grass-, hair-, rootlet-lined loose bark-fiber, coarse-grass, dry-twig, spider-web, weed-stem outer layers ideated and installed by Pyrrhuloxia mothers-to-be.
Audubon birds and nature calendar jubilates Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals January 2026 even as climate-people junctions justify International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) judged vulnerable journeys.

Single-brooded, breeding-season months from mid-March through early April, mid-August kindle 14-day incubations even as 2, 3, 4 eggs know subelliptical-shaped, 24-millimeter (0.944882-inch) by 18-millimeter (0.7086610-inch) sizes.
Semi-glossy, smooth, green-white, white desert-cardinal eggs lodge brown, gray, purple-white fine-marked blotches, speckles, spots even as they lead to gray-crowned, gray-white upper-sided, orange-mouthed, yellow gape-flanged nestlings. Desert-cardinal fathers-to-be monitor nest-making territories and move cactus-fruit, grass-, grass-like stalks, seeds, tree-insect food to egg-incubating mothers-to-be even as both parents manage 10-day nestlings, 10th-day fledglings. Helpless-hatched one-day-olds navigate 10th-day fledging even as red-breasted, red-crested, red-masked, red-winged physical, sexual maturity nets 8.3-inch (21-centimeter) lengths and 0.8- to 1.5-ounce (24- to 43-gram) weights.
Audubon birds and nature calendar observes Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals January 2026 even as winter-bird feeders occasion thousands-flocked foragers from Animalia-kingdom, Chordata-phylum, Aves-class, Passeriformes-order, Cardinalidae family, Cardinalis-genus members.

Animal-kingdom and chordate-phylum memberships respectively prompt multicellular, oxygen-breathing, organic-foodfed, physical-movemented, sexual-reproduced/-reproducing desert cardinals with cell-membraned nuclei; embryonic notochords, hollow-dorsal nerve cords, endostyle-thyroid, pharyngeal-slit filter-feeding, post-anal tails.
Aves-class membership qualifies desert cardinals as feathered, high-metabolism, warm-blooded theropod ("beast-foot," Greek θηρίον πούς/ποδός) dinosaurs with beaked, toothless jaws; hard-shelled egg-laying; four-chambered heart; light-weighted strong skeleton. Passeriformes ("sparrow-shaped," Latin passer formes) perching-bird order, Oscines ("songbird," Latin oscen) suborder memberships respectively realize one-backward, three-forward toes; sound-producing syrinx ("pan-pipes," Greek σῦριγξ), dorsal-ventral cartilage-connecting pessula. Cardinalidae ("cardinal-belonging," Latin cardinālis idæ) family, Cardinalis-genus memberships respectively secure buntings, cardinals, grosbeaks, tanager-like Piranga, warbler-like Granatellus; red-crested red-featheredness and conical, rounded, short, stout, strong bills.
Audubon birds and nature calendar teams January 2026 and Charles Lucien Bonaparte's (Tues., May 24, 1803-Weds., Jul 29, 1857) 1838-taxonomized, wha-cheer-wha-cheer-, quink-territorializing, cheep-/chip-foraging Pyrrhuloxia desert cardinals.

male pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), also known as desert cardinal, Columbus, Luna County, southwestern New Mexico, Saturday, March 8, 2014, 08:38:35: LanghorneCopernicusClemens, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

Acknowledgment
My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication
This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:
female pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), also known as desert cardinal, southeastern Arizona, Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013, 23:46:41: Vickie J Anderson (VJAnderson), CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyrrhuloxia_4249a.jpg
male pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), also known as desert cardinal, Columbus, Luna County, southwestern New Mexico, Saturday, March 8, 2014, 08:38:35: LanghorneCopernicusClemens, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyrrhuloxia_by_Langhorne.jpg

For further information:
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 January 2026. "Pyrrhuloxia as January 2026 Awe Audubon Birds and Nature Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2026/01/pyrrhuloxia-as-january-2026-awe-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 8 December 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Aces Wild December as Awesome Denali, Area of Drunken Forest White Spruce." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/12/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-aces.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 November 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Allies With November Polar Bears, Ringed Seal Predators." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/11/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 October 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Airs Willow Ptarmigans for October." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-airs.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 September 2024. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024: Dall Sheep at September Snow Willow." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/09/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-dall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 August 2024. "Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Arctic Terns Above August Nagoon?" Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/08/are-audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 6 July 2024. "Ivishak River Acts as Wild July on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/ivishak-river-acts-as-wild-july-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 May 2024. "Beluga Whales Awe Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 as Wild May." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/05/beluga-whales-awe-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 2 March 2024. "Baffin Bay Agrees as Wild March With Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/baffin-bay-agrees-as-wild-march-with.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 February 2024. "Tufted Puffins Add Wild February to Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/02/tufted-puffins-add-wild-february-to.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 30 December 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Assigns Snowy Owls to December Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/12/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 December 2023. "Spectacled Eiders Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 December Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/12/spectacled-eiders-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 11 November 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Adds Mount Katmai to Wild November." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022-adds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 14 October 2023. "Caribou Abound as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 October Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/caribou-abound-as-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2023. "Red-Necked Phalaropes, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 October Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/red-necked-phalaropes-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 9 September 2023. "Brown Bears Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/brown-bears-are-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 2 September 2023. "Polar Bears Act as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/polar-bears-act-as-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 12 August 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Augurs King Eiders as August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 August 2023. "Savannah Sparrows Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/savannah-sparrows-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 July 2023. "Kenai Peninsula Awes, As Wild July, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/07/kenai-peninsula-awes-as-wild-july.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 10 June 2023. "Buff-Breasted Sandpipers, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 June Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/buff-breasted-sandpipers-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 June 2023. "Rock Ptarmigans Act as June Birds on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/rock-ptarmigans-act-as-june-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 6 May 2023. "Moose Appear as May Animals on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/moose-appear-as-may-animals-on-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 April 2023. "Brooks Range Acts as Wild April on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/brooks-range-acts-as-wild-april-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 April 2023. "Arctic Terns Are April Birds on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/arctic-terns-are-april-birds-on-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Western Sandpipers Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 March Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/western-sandpipers-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Baffin Island Wolves Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 Wild March." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/baffin-island-wolves-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 18 February 2023. "Musk Ox, Muskox Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar February 2022 Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/musk-ox-muskox-are-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 11 February 2023. "Red-Throated Loons Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 February Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/red-throated-loons-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 21 January 2023. "Mallard Ducks Aced Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 as January Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/mallard-ducks-aced-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 January 2023. "Red Foxes Are January Wildlife on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/red-foxes-are-january-wildlife-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 December 2022. "Dark-Eyed Juncos Are December Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/12/dark-eyed-juncos-are-december-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 26 November 2022. "Eared Grebes Are November Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/11/eared-grebes-are-november-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2022. "Barred Owls Are October Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/10/barred-owls-are-october-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 September 2022. "Brown Pelicans Are September Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/09/brown-pelicans-are-september-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 August 2022. "Allen’s Hummingbirds Are August Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/08/allens-hummingbirds-are-august-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 30 July 2022. "Reddish Egrets Are July Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/07/reddish-egrets-are-july-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 June 2022. "American Oystercatchers Are June Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/06/american-oystercatchers-are-june-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 May 2022. "Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks Are May Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/05/rose-breasted-grosbeaks-are-may-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 10 April 2022. "Crested Caracaras Appear as April Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/04/crested-caracaras-appear-as-april-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 19 March 2022. "Cerulean Warblers Are March Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/03/cerulean-warblers-are-march-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 February 2022. "Northern Bobwhites Are February Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/northern-bobwhites-are-february-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 January 2022. "Florida Scrub-Jays Are January Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/01/florida-scrub-jays-are-january-birds-on.html