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A mixed roost.

November 30, 2019 by Redgannet 2 Comments

At the top of Newport Bay in Orange County, Ca., the tide is almost spent. A higher tide than today might have ventured up...

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A couple of California firsts.

November 16, 2019 by Redgannet No Comments

My sightings of Greater Roadrunners have often proved to be eccentric and unpredictable. Having spent all morning bashing the Sonoran Desert hoping to find...

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Collaborative List – October 2019

November 2, 2019 by Redgannet No Comments

15 countries were birded this month by 13 beats; a record participative effort! 173 lists were shared and 1070 species were seen, both records for...

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Embrace the familiar

October 19, 2019 by Redgannet 2 Comments

We are all guilty of concentrating on the exotic and sensational to the exclusion of “trash birds”, but occasionally something mundane, or close to...

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Collaborative List – September 2019 – (Red-letter version)

October 5, 2019 by Redgannet 3 Comments

The autumn is upon us. Southbound migrants are passing through in torrents. Are you getting any action? The beats have been ranging far and...

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A very British desert.

September 21, 2019 by Redgannet No Comments

The UK’s only official desert is dotted with shipping containers and paraphenalia discarded by the crab fishermen who call these stony wastes their home...

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Collaborative list – August 2019

September 7, 2019 by Redgannet No Comments

eBird have applied their new taxonomy as of July/August 2019. What a boon for listers. Desk-top birders have been anxiously awaiting the new catalogue,...