There are penguins and then there are penguins. This particular penguin, a Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua, is one heck of a brave (or foolhardy)...
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One of the items currently before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Checklist Committee (NACC) is a proposal to split Old World and New...
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If ever a family were designed to catch the eye, it is the rollers. They perch conspicuously, perform dramatic display flights and boast the...
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Given the holiday season, I imagine that birders aren’t sitting by their computers taking difficult quizzes. We’re out birding and partying. And returning those...
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I have long wanted to see a Burrowing Owl. They are owls, which automatically gives them a certain cachet, and they are little, which...
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It’s been a very wintry winter here in southeastern Ohio. As each passing front has embraced our ridge-top farm, it has given us new...
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I was exploring the marvelous Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, California, and was, as always when I visit this jewel of a...
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On this final day of 2010 it is time to share your Best Birds of the Year, well, your Best Birds of the Year...
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