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Looking Back, Looking Ahead

January 12, 2006 by Mike No Comments

I didn’t realize that it was customary at year end to ruminate on one’s previous 52 weeks of avian observation, but I’m happy to...

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Birding In The Blink Of An Eye

December 29, 2005 by Mike No Comments

I just finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s remarkable book, Blink, subtitled The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Gladwell’s writing really is sensational. This particular work...

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Bird-Blogging Against Racism

December 1, 2005 by Mike 1 Comment

Chris Clarke has declared today, December 1, 2005, to be “Blog Against Racism” Day. I found myself at a loss as to what role...

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Bob the Birder

November 22, 2005 by Mike No Comments

New York has recently played host to all sorts of wayward rarities from a Magnificent Frigatebird out of the Caribbean to a Western Kingbird...

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Seeing Birds Better

November 2, 2005 by Mike No Comments

Fall introduces a cornucopia of sparrows and sparrow look-alikes. Juncos are easy enough to identify but the rest of the cryptic North American crew...

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Scary Science

August 19, 2005 by Mike 1 Comment

I received a disturbing e-mail from a reader last week: I came across something today that might be of interest to you and your...

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Watching Birds Get Watched

August 9, 2005 by Mike No Comments

A common misinterpretation of the devastatingly elegant Heisenberg uncertainty principle is that that observation of an event or phenomenon changes that event or phenomenon....

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