My day Saturday was spent gulling the Niagara River, a most gull-friendly spot, especially in early winter. Three species were plentiful: Bonaparte’s Gull, Herring...
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Have you ever really stopped and really watched a group of House Sparrows? So many birders (too many perhaps) ignore these small, but really...
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Handsome, yet seemingly modest, the Wood Duck is a bird each and every one of us should admire. It represents the beauty and wonder...
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There are almost too many reasons to love Black-capped Chickadees, but I will try to elucidate just a few of the more important ones...
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The last Great Auk in Britain was executed as a witch, or so the story goes. Perhaps executed is not quite fair – there...
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On August 5, 1985 three of the last nine wild condors soared close overhead as I stood, awestruck, in the foothills above San Bernardino,...
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One of the most difficult of all things to endure for a crow, a raven, a wolf, or a human is to feel alone...
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I was in Plattsburgh, NY, for work, minding my own business and walking across SUNY-Plattsburgh’s campus. Bird calls, familiar bird calls: Pine Grosbeaks. Of...
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