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Steller’s Jay – Mysteries of the Common Birds

January 14, 2011 by Carrie 19 Comments

Georg Wilhelm Steller was never in the Rockies in the first place. Also, he has been dead for more than 250 years now. Many...

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A Quick Quiz

by Corey 23 Comments

Here is a very quick quiz for those of you with a short attention span. This quiz is simple, straightforward, and to the point,...

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Mystery Egg In The Snow

January 12, 2011 by Birdchick 7 Comments

I read a news report on Tuesday that said 70% of the contiguous United States had snow cover. Up in Minnesota, it’s a whole...

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Bravest Penguin EVER!

January 11, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

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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Moorhen Mania: The splitting and renaming of the Common Moorhen

by David 30 Comments

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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Meet the family

January 8, 2011 by Redgannet 8 Comments

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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Avian Quiz – Jan 7, 2011

January 7, 2011 by Jory 4 Comments

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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