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Jamaican Owls

May 17, 2011 by James 5 Comments

“Jah Man (pronounced Jamon)” is something you will hear often when visiting Jamaica. You will hear it as a greeting, an affirmation and as encouragement....

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The Poems of the Brown-headed Cowbird

May 16, 2011 by Corey 2 Comments

Brown-headed Cowbirds evoke strong feelings in many birders, some of whom can’t abide a bird that lays its eggs in other birds’ nests, often...

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Hybrid Teals

by Mike 16 Comments

The more I learn about ducks, the more impressed I am with their blatant promiscuity. Mallards, of course, bring new meaning to the term...

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One Last Wood-Warbler Week Post

May 15, 2011 by Corey 13 Comments

Wood-Warbler Week is finally over for 2011. Will it come back in 2012? We’ll see… But there is one more thing to do for...

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Wood-Warblers During Spring Migration

May 14, 2011 by Corey 3 Comments

This is, simply enough, a gallery of wood-warblers that have cooperated and stayed still long enough for pictures to be taken this spring. Some...

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Blue-winged Warbler

by Redgannet 3 Comments

It has been an interesting experience to visit two destinations on the east coast and compare the advance of spring from one to another....

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (and the Female)

by Jochen 4 Comments

In this post, we shall celebrate the beauty and variation of a veritable wood-warbler whose taxonomic inclusion into this glamorous group has been overlooked...

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Two ways of seeing a Kentucky Warbler

May 13, 2011 by Jochen 2 Comments

“Kommt Zeit, kommt Rat.” [old German proverb] “Kommt Zeit, kommt Art.” [old Jochen birding proverb] May 2005 was a very good month for me. Why? Oh,...

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