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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The shortest month of the year is coming to a close and I feel like, for me, February will vanish without a trace. Too...
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People are apparently cowering in their homes in a small village in England. The cause of their fear? A terrorist pheasant. No, I am...
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