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Winter gets a bad rap, not just for inclement, often intolerable weather but also for an apparent lack of biodiversity….

On this lovely Labor Day, we might do well to examine our exertions, motivations, and the fruits thereof. In my…

I finally have it up and online! But what is an ABA life list? It is the list of birds…

What a fine time to be a web-enabled bird watcher! It seems like every week, some new and exciting resource…

One thing I’ve learned from my birding colleagues is that it is customary at year end to ruminate on one’s…

Back in 2003 when I first started birding, I encountered quite an odd duck in Central Park. This bird, pure…

While the title of To See Every Bird on Earth by author Dan Koeppel may get fans of birding adventure…

I didn’t realize that it was customary at year end to ruminate on one’s previous 52 weeks of avian observation,…

The birding family tree bears many twisted branches from feederwatchers to world birders. Yet, few are considered as twisted as…

Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing nearly 1 million records about 10,000…