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What Do Red-winged Blackbirds Say?

March 14, 2012 by Corey 6 Comments

I’ve been reading Bernd Heinrich’s Summer World lately and was struck by his description of the song of the Red-winged Blackbird as “oog-la-ee.” For...

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Cooperative and Curious Carolina Wren

March 13, 2012 by Corey 11 Comments

At the tail end of my birding expedition today I was fortunate enough to have a close encounter with an extremely confiding, cooperative, and...

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Crimson-rumped Toucanet

March 12, 2012 by Mike 5 Comments

There’s something about a toucan, isn’t there? Toucans tell you that you aren’t in Kansas anymore. They affirm that the tropics are true, not...

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The Woodpeckers of New York City

by Corey 22 Comments

Disbelief probably seems like the proper response to the idea that there are woodpeckers in New York City. After all, woodpeckers peck on trees,...

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Robin Egg Blue

March 11, 2012 by Corey 242 Comments

I recently took a walk off-trail at Papscanee Island in Rensselaer County, New York, taking advantage of deer trails to find my way through...

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Pied Wagtail

by Alan 8 Comments

It’s March and most birders over here are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the first spring migrants from whichever far-flung corner they’ve been wintering....

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