For far too long there has been a bird that North American birders have mocked, derided, persecuted, hated, and, perhaps worse of all, ignored. ...
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New York City, June 2008 The title of this post pretty much says it all. A couple of weeks ago I watched and photographed...
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This time of year we birders are all about firsts. The slow return of breeding birds to the higher latitudes has every one of...
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Sure, it’s a made-up bird, but as Seagull Steve says, “But wouldn’t this be an awesome bird? … Not only is this a concretely epic...
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Whoo-hoo! It is now, on 20 March 2012, spring! Take that, southern hemisphere! Here in New York it has felt like spring for, well,...
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Colombia is not only home to nearly 20% of all avian life on the planet but this birding mecca also accommodates an incredibly high...
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