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Trips

The Cure for Binocular Neck: Birding in Montana

August 4, 2018 by Angela Minor No Comments

Custer Gallatin National Forest In the valley of the Yellowstone and Boulder Rivers, snuggled up against Rocky Mountain ranges, sits the little western town...

Conservation

To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

July 21, 2018 by Angela Minor No Comments

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting...

Trips

Insider’s guide to Great Smoky Mountain birding – Cades Cove

July 7, 2018 by Angela Minor 2 Comments

Where to go birding without the crowds in our busiest national park (with an update at the bottom). In the Great Smoky Mountains National...

Conservation

Record-breaking eagles’ nests, coastal Georgia, and a wicked sunburn

June 23, 2018 by Angela Minor 2 Comments

It was a cloudy day as I made my way to Tybee Island on the Georgia coast. As a fledgling birder from far inland,...

Trips

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

June 9, 2018 by Angela Minor No Comments

Dry Tortugas approximately 100 years ago. Sooties, noddies, and where to find them. As the Caribbean’s emerald waters fell away below our seaplane,...

Birding, Conservation

Miami Mega Mall vs. Everglades National Park

May 26, 2018 by Angela Minor 4 Comments

Merchandising folly 1 – Conservation 0 The Miami-Dade County Commission approved development of ‘the largest shopping mall in North America’ with a vote of...

Trips

The Owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas

May 11, 2018 by Angela Minor 4 Comments

In the very back of my first bird identification field guide (Audubon, green, Eastern US) there were several blank pages. Since neither the Internet...