. “Poo Ponds” are normal here, but what happens everywhere else? Do you all help out the birds when you go to the toilet?...
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School is out for summer! That may not be entirely accurate where you live, and even if it is, you may not care. But...
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There is a very distinctive smell found on seabird colonies, where thousands upon thousands of birds come to breed and, coincidentally, deposit large quantities...
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If you have birded for any length of time you know the nightmare scenario. You are far from any kind of facility where you...
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Happy Day-After-Father’s-Day! I hope you enjoyed that day as much as I did. We got out a lot this weekend, yet my best bird...
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Australia is a dry continent and as such all bird-life needs to take advantage of any fresh water that is available. During wet years...
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I don’t know about you, but for me summer has always stood apart from the other seasons. No doubt, the cessation of school does...
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I mentioned last week, while talking about rails and the Pacific, that Tonga is not a particularly birdy birding destination. A combination of extinctions...
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