Though most people probably have only heard of eiders in relation to eiderdown pillows, the Common Eider is a bird well worth getting to...
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The Black Scoter Melanitta americana, called the American Scoter by some and Melanitta nigra by others*, is a large seaduck rather readily identified by...
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Via Kim, The Curious Birder, who posted this great video on Facebook. If this doesn’t make you laugh or at least grin, well, 10,000...
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I am not too sure how difficult this quiz is but I guess we will quickly find out. Here is a single picture of...
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The Yanacocha Reserve on the west slope of the Ecuadorean Andes is a stunning site to visit, not to mention a highly productive place...
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This will be the last post using material from the pelagic trip I took over a week ago, but I think I might have...
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On the pelagic trip off the coast of New York this past Sunday one of the highlights of the trip was seeing the small...
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I give up! Readers of this blog are simply TOO gifted in the arena of avian identification. Corey can continue to try to stump...
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