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...
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Well folks, it’s been a while. And whether the return is a permanent one or not remains to be seen as those factors sealing...
Some birds are too cool for just one name. Others have names that give us pause because they don’t seem to describe, to convey,...
A nictitating membrane is a third eyelid that is translucent or clear. It is used as an extra level of safety for the eye...
Ah rose, the color of swanky gardens and rampant optimism. Rose by any other name also appears prominently in the plumage of some very...
Black-thighed Grosbeak. On a recent Costa Rica trip, one of these was called out while an epic mixed flock was demolishing the forest around...
During the middle ages, a specialised vocabulary became popular in the sport of hunting. Known at the time as ‘terms of venery’, we know...
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