On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly Mallard Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated...
It’s one of the subtle joys of doing Christmas Bird Counts to be assigned the same area over and over again over the years. ...
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One weekend does not dictate the tempo of a year, but it never hurts to get a year off on the right foot. How...
I really enjoyed the challenge of listing my birds during the last year and although we have kept lists in the past we have...
Happy New Year! Yes, I understand you may feel that 2013 just began and its first weekend comes too quickly, but that is old-fashioned...
In contrast to last year, when I began my year in tropical Cairns in Queensland, Australia, I began this year’s birding in my parent’s...
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