The thaw may not have fully arrived where you live but rest assured it is coming. Unless, that is, you live in the Southern...
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We all, from pole to pole, share the same progression of days, weeks, and months that comprise a year. Yet my months in the...
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We all know that birders, with our high-priced optics, tendency to travel, and obsession with field guides, spend way too much cash on our...
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While we’re on the subject of truly sensational hummingbirds, I’d like to introduce one of the finest specimens to be found in the Greater...
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One certain way to heighten the pleasure of a special bird sighting is to brag about it later. Step right up and share your best...
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So there I was at Refugio Paz de Las Aves, teetering on the edge of sanity after a barrage of insane Ecuadorean avifauna. First came the famed...
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…but it is seriously funny. By the way, anatidaephobia is the fear that “somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.” It does seem unlikely...
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Dear Forest Park: You have been my favorite birding destination since I moved to Queens two years ago. The short three blocks that I...
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