One of the many ancillary benefits of becoming a birder, apart from an elevated social status and encyclopedic knowledge of taxonomy, is a subtle...
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The first weekend of May is not a time to ask if one will be birding; that avian observation will ensue is a foregone...
I’m a biogeography buff, and I’m seriously disappointed when I get a guide book that doesn’t have maps in. One of the interesting things...
We birders in the northeastern United States are unbearable in April. All we do is complain about the lack of migrating birds so far...
Like many birders in the online era, I’m a big fan of eBird. The program’s merits scarcely have to be repeated here, but needless...
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