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Inspiration

Enlightenment through bird poop

June 21, 2011 by Dale Forbes 10 Comments

or, How bird poop can get you a degree in Homeopathy. As a teenager, my uncle bought me a t-shirt with a bird...

Bugs

Digiscoping (Flying) Dragonflies

May 24, 2011 by Dale Forbes 8 Comments

Digiscoping is really hard. Isn’t that what everyone keeps saying? That it is almost impossible to get a good quality shot. That it is...

Birds

7 reasons why I hate wood-warblers

May 10, 2011 by Dale Forbes 7 Comments

1. As I have explained at length in my last 10,000 Birds blog post, wood warblers are nondescript little birds, formally known by the...

Birds

This is not a wood warbler!

April 26, 2011 by Dale Forbes 8 Comments

Kenn Kaufmann, David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Corey Finger and – it seems the rest of the American birding world have it all wrong. I...

Birding

Crossbill Guides: Interview with Dirk Hilbers

April 12, 2011 by Dale Forbes 2 Comments

Doing the book review of “The Crossbill Guide to Extremadura” really piqued my interest in the author and founder of the Crossbill Guides Foundation...

Reviews

Crossbill Guide to Extremadura: A Review

March 29, 2011 by Dale Forbes 4 Comments

The second edition of the Crossbill Guide to Extremadura has just been released and – to my delight – a copy arrived in the...

Birds

Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor

March 15, 2011 by Dale Forbes 23 Comments

So you have probably come across cases of Polygyny (one male, multiple females), as in the case of lions, Red-winged Blackbirds or Northern Harrier;...

Birds