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Everyday Sunshine: Like a Duck to Water

April 13, 2012 by Walter 9 Comments

Here is another in a series of posts that celebrates the beauty hidden in plain sight, the astounding in the ordinary. Our subject today...

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Hermit Thrush in Forest Park

April 12, 2012 by Corey 9 Comments

Forest Park, Queens, New York, April 2008 On Thursday, a day that I didn’t have to be at work until noon, I, of course,...

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White-breasted Nuthatch is four species, study says

by David 13 Comments

Nuthatches are small, short-tailed, sharp-billed songbirds widely recognized for their ability to hitch headfirst down tree trunks and upside-down along limbs. The family has...

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Turtle Bay’s Nesting Bald Eagles Patriot and Liberty

April 11, 2012 by Larry 4 Comments

Since 2006 a pair of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nesting at Turtle Bay in Redding California have successfully raised a dozen eaglets! The past...

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Bristle-thighed Curlew

by Duncan 3 Comments

There cannot be many ABA area breeding birds harder to get than those that only breed on the remotest tips of the north of...

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Great Horned Owl Attacks Great Blue Heron

April 10, 2012 by Corey 7 Comments

The Great Blue Heron nest camera at Cornell’s Sapsucker Woods had essentially been the typical nest camera. Bird lays eggs, sits on eggs, etc....

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Foraging Palm Warblers

by Corey No Comments

Wood-warbler mania has taken over my brain leaving me unable to do much but look for wood-warblers, dream of wood-warblers, and devise plans as...

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Africa’s Barbets

by Adam Riley 8 Comments

Barbets are a group of medium sized, chunky, generally colorful, frugivorous, hole-nesting near-passerines, that are popular targets for anyone birding in the tropics. They...

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