There are two thoroughly enjoyable events for bird watchers coming up in the next couple of months. You’ve probably heard of both of these,...
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I recently had a bit of a revelation. It concerns how I watch birds. And it’s kind of neat, now that I’ve thought about...
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I’ve been to a lot of birding festivals—sometimes as a speaker, sometimes as a trip leader, and sometimes just because I love going to...
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Note: This is an account, originally published in June 2006, of my quest to remove a jinx bird from my bird-watching soul. I am...
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Remember Mel Gibson’s advice to his sons as they were ambushing the Redcoats back in the early days of the American Revolution in the...
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Sometimes we watchers see birds do things that surprise us—things birds are not supposed to do. This happened to me recently on a birding...
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It’s been a very wintry winter here in southeastern Ohio. As each passing front has embraced our ridge-top farm, it has given us new...
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Bohemian Waxwing. Just the name makes me feel all… Jack Kerouacky. It’s a life bird that would make me get “On the Road.” Bohemian...
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