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A Greater Yellowlegs Bathing at Arcata Marsh

November 23, 2011 by Larry 7 Comments

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) photos by Larry Jordan Shorebirds. Why are they seemingly so difficult to identify? One obvious reason is that most have plumage...

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Cemetery Owls

November 20, 2011 by Julie 3 Comments

New York has its famous Red-tailed Hawks Pale Male and, until recently, Lola. Cambridge, Mass has a celebrity raptor pair, too. Last winter, a pair...

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Patch: An Urban Red-tailed Hawk (2 of 4)

November 18, 2011 by Walter 10 Comments

(Check out Part 1 here) The city can be a tough place to make a living but San Francisco offers raptors a number of...

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Why do birds living near Chernobyl have smaller brains?

November 17, 2011 by Greg 2 Comments

Radiation is funny. Not funny ha ha, but rather, funny strange. The health effects of radiation are not at all simple, and in fact,...

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Grey-backed Terns

November 16, 2011 by Duncan 2 Comments

Or is that Gray-backed Tern? Nope, it’s the Spectacled Tern now! Oh that kooky IOC list. Anyway, returning once again to one of my...

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Greater Scaup in Flight

November 15, 2011 by Corey 8 Comments

I have said it before and I will say it again – I love getting to Jamaica Bay at the end of a day...

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Pied-billed Grebe From Every Angle

November 14, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

The Pied-billed Grebe, a most wondrous waterfowl, perfectly exemplify the distinction between common and mundane. Podilymbus podiceps is most certainly common in my experience,...

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Ducks in Autumn

November 13, 2011 by Corey 6 Comments

Autumn is a season of transitions and migrations, a slow descent from summer’s heat to winter’s cold. Sometimes blustery and rainy, sometimes warm and...

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