I associate different times of the year with particular birds and bird movements. In some cases, I have been following these events since childhood...
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In six or seven months, the “best books of the year” features will come out in the important print and web publications. They will...
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Cory’s Shearwater is missing a letter. One little “e” is absent from the name and it has been driving me crazy ever since I...
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The Galapagos Islands? Costa Rica? How can a remote archipelago made famous for Darwin, a bunch of finches, and other cool endemic birds be...
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If you’re a birder interested in cryptic species and pushing the frontiers of subspecific variation (and let’s be honest, who isn’t, amirite?), there’s no...
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The one thing I really wanted to do on this most recent trip to southern California was visit Santa Cruz Island again. The last...
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Spring is here with a vengeance and I took the opportunity to walk along the waterfront of Wellington Harbour yesterday evening after work to enjoy the...
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Hutton’s Shearwaters are a bit of a mystery bird in the north of Western Australia, as you very rarely see them. It is believed...
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