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What is a birder?

August 3, 2024 by Peter 2 Comments
There are two questions I get asked a lot. Do you take pictures of the birds you see? Are you a bird-watcher then? The...
Archives, Birding

Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

May 9, 2023 by Jason Crotty 7 Comments
There are more than 550 national wildlife refuges in the United States, with at least one in every state and one within an hour...
Archives, Reviews

The Collins Bird Guide, 3rd edition

February 9, 2023 by Dragan 3 Comments
Never trust a field guide publisher’s claim of a definitive text, because each new edition is certain to bring more a definitive text than...
Archives, Birding, Conservation

Puerto Rico’s Birds after Hurricane Maria (2023 Update)

January 10, 2023 by Jason Crotty No Comments
In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by two powerful hurricanes: it was grazed by Irma and then clobbered by Maria, a Category...
Archives, Trips

Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes

November 17, 2022 by Dragan 4 Comments
After a heavy pre-dawn rain, the morning was all misty and mysterious. I was greeted by omnipresent Grey-headed Chachalacas running with such a focused...
Archives, Trips

Beljarica Backwaters are finally protected!!

September 8, 2022 by Dragan 7 Comments
“To the sea their hearts they vow. They will not come again. And even if they came, would you recognise them now? The ocean...
Archives, Trips

Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

July 28, 2022 by Dragan 6 Comments
Hot summer days, often reaching 40C/104F, time to open another beer and dream of birding some cooler place, a place where deep shade of...
Archives, Reviews

Review Classic: The Warbler Guide

March 1, 2022 by Donna 2 Comments
With spring migration near (though for some nearer than others, looking at you birders in the south), I thought it was a good time...
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