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Crows in the Pacific Northwest: Northwestern, American, or Something In Between?

August 16, 2011 by Corey 7 Comments

One of the birds that birders visiting the Pacific Northwest most want to see is, of course, the Northwestern Crow, otherwise known as Corvus...

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Seedsnipe of the High Andes

by James 7 Comments

Birding the High Andes is no joke. If, like me, you have trouble breathing at sea level, consider bringing an oxygen tank. Florida, where...

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Back Battle on the Booming Grounds

August 15, 2011 by Mike 2 Comments

The Greater Prairie Chicken, once common throughout North America, has undergone rapid population decline, mostly due to habitat loss. The tallgrass prairie that once...

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Seattle Seahawks

by Corey 3 Comments

The Seattle Seahawks are, of course, a professional (American) football team, known as much for the inability to win it all as for anything...

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Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

August 14, 2011 by Corey 4 Comments

Clark’s Nutcracker, sometimes called the Crow Woodpecker, will always be paired with Lewis’s Woodpecker, the woodpecker that acts like a crow, both because of...

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A Crowded House of Martins

August 12, 2011 by Dan No Comments

A type of birding experience that I greatly enjoy is one of those moments where I’ve come across a simply huge number of birds....

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Will parrots and falcons soon be moved around in your field guide?

August 11, 2011 by David 10 Comments

Here’s a prediction: Parrots, falcons, and seriemas are on their way to new positions in your checklists and, eventually, field guides. Oh yes, change...

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The Vulturine Storks

August 9, 2011 by Nate 14 Comments

European Storks are majestic, they’re graceful and stately and all of the positively connotated adjectives that are applied to birds to which humans have...

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