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What’s in a Name: What’s in a Baby Name?

January 22, 2016 by Carrie 12 Comments

A lot of my friends have been having babies lately. Being an unmarried lady, I of course have no idea how this could be...

Reviews

Review: Refrigiwear’s Women’s Vertical Puffer Jacket

January 8, 2016 by Carrie No Comments

The hardest part of reviewing this jacket, much like the hardest part of birding itself, was reckoning with the perversity of Mother Nature. Though...

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What’s in a Name: Readers Respond

December 4, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

Some updates from the comments sections! On the Limpkin, the ever-sagicious Rick Wright points out that the ‘gait’ explanation may well be a folk...

Birding

Where Do You Point Beginners?

November 13, 2015 by Carrie 7 Comments

As my faithful readers know, I have a long-standing fascination with helping (and, at times, inadvertently confusing) interested non-birders – those who are entering...

Birding

What’s in a Name: Woodpeckers of North America

October 30, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

Well, I never did see a Black-backed Woodpecker on my trip, but they were on my mind… What could be more straightforward than the...

Birding

Off to the Mountains

October 9, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

Boreal Chickadees. Ruffed Grouse. Black-backed Woodpeckers. Even in the off-season, a trip to the Adirondacks promises a bevy of delights for the downstate birder....

Birds

What’s In a Name: Eleonora’s Falcon

September 25, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

As this series has already shown us, ornithological nomenclature is often a game of utter nepotism. Got a buddy whose birthday you forgot? Thinking...

Birds

A Disturbing Development

September 11, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

Just when you’ve persuaded everyone you know, from barflies in Montana to hotshot Manhattan editors to your infant nephews, that birds are the greatest...

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