What a conundrum… can we, as environmentalists, support wind power as a clean, safe, eminently renewable energy source or should we, as birders, decry...
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Reports of the first Eastern Phoebes of spring have been popping up all over New York and this weekend, I decided I was going...
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The federal government just announced its strategic, five-point plan to detect the invasion of H5N1 avian influenza on American soil, first and foremost our...
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If you’ve made it through winter in the company of a bevy of backyard birds, you’ll appreciate this next observation on avian identification. Seed-eaters...
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The weather has been bitter lately and, frankly, I’m not in the mood for it. As a result, I stayed close to home this...
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Today is the international celebration of Masemas, the birthdate of our beloved Mason Hopkins Bergin. What a kid! Despite my own incredible love for...
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The last time I visited Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Basking Ridge, NJ, mere days after I started this site, I stated that...
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Apart from the first frenzied hours of my arrival in Oakland, birding was restricted primarily to those species eking out a living in my...
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