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In Sunlight or in Shadow

February 27, 2015 by Carrie 3 Comments

Those of you who go outside like actual birders and/or adults may not be aware of the latest craze to sweep the internet. No,...

Birding

Bleak Midwinter Update

February 20, 2015 by Carrie 10 Comments

I’ve mentioned before the odd melancholy that comes from seeing extraordinary birds while knowing that the extraordinary circumstances that brought them to my local...

Birds

The Most Interesting Gull in the World

February 6, 2015 by Carrie 15 Comments

As I had cause to observe last weekend, the great divide between birders and nonbirders is best expressed through gulls. Owls and eagles and...

Reviews

Washashore by Suzanne Goldsmith

January 30, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

The early teen years are prime time for kids to adopt environmentalism as a cause. The human sense of fairness and empathy is strongly...

Reviews

Back to Forest Park – and a Review of the Opticron Natura BGA

January 23, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

I was feeling fairly disheartened. My big year, after starting off with an incredible rarity, had fizzled. A literal wild goose chase had led...

Birds

Kingbirds, eBird, and the Quest for Knowledge

January 9, 2015 by Carrie 1 Comment

Somehow, the Couch’s Kingbird is still there. Or was as of yesterday, according to the New York birding list serv. Given that a lively...

Birding

Little Big Year

January 2, 2015 by Carrie 9 Comments

Despite my fraught relationship with listing, there’s always been part of me that loves the idea of a Big Year. (The nerdy part.) Of...

Birding

First Noel

December 19, 2014 by Carrie 1 Comment

An itinerant lifestyle, while wonderful in some regards, does not lend itself to forming certain connections. While I enjoy birding with others, I’ve never...

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