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The indistinguishable Empidonax Flycatchers

October 16, 2019 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Warning: Any and all flycatchers shown in this post may be misidentified. Cut me some slack. These are the Empidonax flycatchers we are talking...

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Puerto Vallarta Birds

October 9, 2019 by Paul Lewis 2 Comments

Back in November of 2017, I travelled to the tourist town of Puerto Vallarta, on Mexico’s west coast, to sing in a Christian event....

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Heaven for more than Hummingbirds

October 2, 2019 by Paul Lewis 4 Comments

Last week I told you about one of my favorite places to visit at this time of year, the tiny town of Laurelito, Michoacán,...

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Hummingbird Heaven

September 25, 2019 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Central Mexico, where I live, has a monsoon climate. In other words, we tend to have heavy rains from late May or June through...

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Nightingale-Thrushes

September 18, 2019 by Paul Lewis 3 Comments

We all have them: families of birds that are maddeningly similar, forever leaving nagging doubts about our identifications. Gulls. Terns. New World Warblers in...

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Ground-Sparrows and Brush-Finches

September 11, 2019 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Most birders love a good double-hyphenate. Except, of course, for those who don’t yet know what a double-hyphenate is. Double-hyphenates are birds with two...