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Good Gully: A Birder’s Oddity

February 10, 2011 by Jochen 28 Comments

I am a funny man in a very peculiar way. I am odd, and whenever I am not odd, I am different. In fact,...

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Another California Bird? The Nuttall’s Woodpecker

February 2, 2011 by Larry 12 Comments

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) is found primarily in the oak woodlands of California and northern Baja California. It just so happens that I...

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Catching Condors

February 1, 2011 by James 6 Comments

Birders who have seen California Condors in the wild in the last 20 years should know just how lucky they are. And the condors...

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Florida Scrub-Jay: A U.S. Endemic

January 31, 2011 by Mike 18 Comments

For such a large country, the United States has a shockingly low number of endemic bird species, perhaps only 15 in the contiguous 48...

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Slaty-backed Gull (?) at Gloucester Harbor

January 30, 2011 by Corey 15 Comments

This morning, after we Bloggerhead Kingbirds competed at the Superbowl of Birding all day Saturday (more on that later), we made our way to...

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The Skylarks of Brooklyn

by Corey 4 Comments

It seems bizarre to even think it but there was a time when the Skylark Alauda arvensis, the famous bird with the beautiful voice...

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Fruiteaters (Pipreola) in Ecuador

January 29, 2011 by Renato 4 Comments

Another stunning group of birds that I really like are the secretive Fruiteaters: these sluggish, quiet, secretive, and beautiful birds form part of the...

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