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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of April 2011)

May 2, 2011 by Mike 15 Comments

Now that we’re past May Day, the next month promises some of the most spectacular migratory action of the calendar year. If you’re reading...

Trips

Avian Images from a Texas Big Week

April 30, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

Birding, like so many other things, is bigger in Texas. How else can you explain the 312 species the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties”...

Birds

SeaWorld Saves Some Sandhills

April 29, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

SeaWorld and similar attractions that serve up cetacean entertainment to the masses don’t do that much for me. However, many of the professionals who...

News

Black Stork-Pine Marten Brawl

by Mike 5 Comments

A Pine Marten (Martes martes) is a northern European mustelid, like an arboreal weasel. A Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a big bruiser of...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of April 2011?

April 28, 2011 by Mike 8 Comments

Bird watchers on my latitude and perhaps yours as well have reason to look forward to this coming weekend. I can’t promise an end...

I and the Bird

You Control the Future of I and the Bird

April 26, 2011 by Mike 7 Comments

Friends and bird-bloggers, we’ve come to an inflection point in the history of the longest-running natural history blog carnival on the web. I and...

Birds

What is a Phoebe?

April 25, 2011 by Mike 36 Comments

When the word “phoebe” comes up, most people automatically think of things like the outermost of Saturn’s known satellites, the Greek Titan-goddess of the...

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