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Birding

The Gift of Space Coast

December 24, 2010 by Mike 5 Comments

So much of this holiday season, it seems, revolves around giving and getting gifts. My mother doesn’t even have the decency to wait until...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of December 2010?

December 23, 2010 by Mike 6 Comments

After weeks if not months of preparation, Christmas is finally here! Regardless of your faith or culture, you can’t deny that Christmas dominates our...

Birding

Enter the Rat

December 22, 2010 by Duncan 4 Comments

“The only mammal present is the harmless Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans” Gordon Williams, 1962 “the Pacific rat was the only factor in the extinction...

Birding

Really easy digiscoping

December 21, 2010 by Dale Forbes 7 Comments

Ten years down the digiscoping road and pretty much everyone (here) has tried taking a photo through a telescope or binocular. And I am...

Birding

Turn-ons from Turneffe Island, Belize

by James 5 Comments

Even professional birders need a break, right? Whilst most people correctly point out that making a living from one’s hobby is the dream job,...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of December 2010)

December 20, 2010 by Mike 7 Comments

We are in the thick of the Christmas season now, which means that birders of every denomination can celebrate a festive Christmas Bird Count....

Birding, Conservation

Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds?

by Julie 29 Comments

Like a big wingshot bird, the proposal by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission to open season on sandhill cranes keeps flopping around in my...

Birding, Conservation