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Gray-necked Wood-Rails are Awesome (and Kind of Obnoxious)

December 15, 2014 by Corey 3 Comments

On our first morning at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, Mike and I were making our way to the tower in the pre-dawn light to...

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Collared Aracari at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, Costa Rica

December 9, 2014 by Corey 5 Comments

Few if any species are as emblematic of the Neotropics as Ramphastidae, the family that includes the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. Even non-birders can...

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Poaching and Baiting

by Nate 1 Comment

If birding is life, I haven’t been living much lately. Various projects and the day to day grind of being the father of two...

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Winging It In Tulsa

December 5, 2014 by Suzie 5 Comments

“OOOOOOOklahoma where the birds come sweepin’ down the plain…” I know – it’s supposed to be the wind, not the birds. No matter. I recently traveled...

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Black Vultures in the Cross Hairs

December 4, 2014 by Alfredo Begazo No Comments

Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are among the most polarizing birds. They fulfill and important ecological and sanitary role by consuming dead, often diseased animals,...

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The Wild and Crazy Emu

December 3, 2014 by Larry 1 Comment

The Emu is the second largest living bird in the world by height, second only to the Ostrich. It is also the largest bird...

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Pigeon Portraits

December 1, 2014 by Corey 4 Comments

Pigeons get no respect. More reviled than perhaps any other species for the mess they make, their copious poop, and their general ubiquity, they...

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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

November 30, 2014 by David 15 Comments

Everyone, the Painted Bunting needs your help. There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting...

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