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Birds

Baby Spotted Dikkop

July 18, 2012 by Mike 45 Comments

Any worthwhile discussion of baby birds will wisely lean heavily towards young shorebirds, which are surely among the most adorable of all immature avifauna....

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2012)

July 16, 2012 by Mike 9 Comments

Summer birding gets a bad rap, especially around here, but July offers one highlight. The further north of the equator one travels, the more...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of July 2012?

July 12, 2012 by Mike 10 Comments

Ambrose Bierce, one of my literary heroes, crafted a supremely cynical lexicon called The Devil’s Dictionary. Though it’s over 100 years old, the work...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (First of July 2012)

July 9, 2012 by Mike 5 Comments

Am I the only one having a hard time remembering whether I’m dealing with a weekday or a weekend? The mid-week Independence Day celebration...

News

Who’s got the Best Warblers (and Why?)

July 7, 2012 by Mike 2 Comments

The ongoing online debate about whether Old World or New World warblers are more wonderful isn’t just confined to 10,000 Birds. Round Robin, the...

Trips

Awesome Birding at Aripo Savannah

by Mike 3 Comments

Have you ever enjoyed one of those brilliant birding expeditions, the outing where every target species takes its cue with machine precision? Of course...

Birding