Category: Birds - Page 76

Birds

The Most Interesting Gull in the World

February 6, 2015 by Carrie 15 Comments

As I had cause to observe last weekend, the great divide between birders and nonbirders is best expressed through gulls. Owls and eagles and...

Birds

Great Horned Owl Along Fellsmere Grade Road

February 3, 2015 by Corey 1 Comment

On the second day of the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I wasn’t scheduled to lead any field trips. Rather than sleep in...

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Snow-fronted Geese

January 27, 2015 by Felonious Jive 1 Comment

Recently I ditched the coast and headed into the bowels of the Central Valley, to meet up with an old friend…you may know him...

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Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja

January 26, 2015 by Corey 5 Comments

An unmistakable and improbable-looking bird. -Pete Dunne For me, one of the best parts of going to Florida for the Space Coast Birding and...

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The origins of tanagers, warblers, and sparrows are coming into focus

January 25, 2015 by David 6 Comments

A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification of the American sparrows, wood-warblers,...

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On the threshold of flight

January 20, 2015 by Greg 5 Comments

We are on the threshold, just stepping across it really, of understanding one of the most important evolutionary events that ever happened. I speak...