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Birds Don’t Have Wings, And They Don’t Use Them

June 30, 2013 by Felonious Jive 6 Comments

Blue-gray Tanager is a bird reasonable to expect in the U.S. as a vagrant someday…they are common in many habitats in eastern Mexico. If...

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Minyirr Park, Broome

by Clare M 8 Comments

Broome is famous for its beautiful long beach, Cable Beach, which runs for approximately 23 kilometres from Gantheaume Point in the south to Willie Creek...

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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of June 2013?

June 28, 2013 by Mike 1 Comment

What is better than a bluebird (Western in this case) against a blue sky? April showers bring May flowers. June showers bring mosquitoes and...

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

June 26, 2013 by Meredith Mann 3 Comments

Confiscated from a poacher in Brescia, Italy, this robin will be released to fly away into an uncertain world, where habitat is threatened and...

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Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park

by Duncan No Comments

There’s often a trick to getting a location; you can’t just go to a location and low and behold…. birds! With large parks it’s...

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The mystery of the “Scopoli’s” Shearwater

June 25, 2013 by Nate 2 Comments

If you’re a birder interested in cryptic species and pushing the frontiers of subspecific variation (and let’s be honest, who isn’t, amirite?), there’s no...