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Blue, Gray, or Grey?

June 29, 2019 by Redgannet 2 Comments

Does anybody know which part of the Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias is referred to that entitles it to use the colour blue in its name?...

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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of June 2019?

June 28, 2019 by Mike No Comments

You have to love June, when birding stops well before the month itself. Is anyone willing to struggle out this weekend to look at...

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Boobies, Really?

June 26, 2019 by Tom Brown 3 Comments

It is my sincere intent to have a short discussion about small group of birds, the Boobies, without any form of sophomoric humor. Those...

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I’m not seeing spots: Towhee issues

June 25, 2019 by Paul Lewis 2 Comments

When you bird in Latin America, you quickly realize how America-centric English-language bird names are. Consider, for example, the Summer Tanager. This is an...

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Cory’s Shearwater is Misspelled

June 24, 2019 by Corey 4 Comments

Cory’s Shearwater is missing a letter. One little “e” is absent from the name and it has been driving me crazy ever since I...

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2019)

by Mike 4 Comments

If you’re not finding mid-June birding all that exciting, you’re definitely not alone. Worry not, though, because you’ll find plenty of avian-themed excitement in...