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World Migratory Bird Day 2008

By Charlie • May 10, 2008 • 1 comment

I started a recent post (Magic Hedge, Chicago) with the following paragraph: “There are few times of the year more exciting in the North American birding calendar than the middle weeks of May. Why should this be? The spring sales in birding stores perhaps? The best time to get a bargain on new binoculars? Maybe [...]

Central Park in early April

By Charlie • April 10, 2008 • 8 comments

Early April in the northern hemisphere (or more specifically, April in Central Park) is never quite as you imagine it. It’s neither as warm as you were sure it was going to be, nor as bright. Plants emerge more tentatively than you remember, the breeze is more cutting, the light is just a little flatter. [...]