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Trips

New York Pelagic

January 20, 2010 by Corey 12 Comments

Though it may sound like Dick Cheney’s fondest dream – putting fifty-plus fanatics on a boat for eight hours in the Atlantic Ocean in...

Inspiration

Robert Frost’s “The Oven Bird”

January 19, 2010 by Corey 4 Comments

Robert Frost, the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, was able to find meaning in the most minor of topics in his poetry. Whether one...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of January 2010)

January 18, 2010 by Mike 20 Comments

How was your weekend? Did you have a better one that the Arizona Cardinals or Baltimore Ravens, both of whom washed out of the NFL playoffs?...

Birds

Diabolical ID Challenge: A Shadow of a Chance

January 17, 2010 by Mike 8 Comments

You lords and ladies of armchair avian identification really feasted on our last ID challenge, didn’t you? Apparently, that duck wasn’t as tricky as...

Trips

Checking out the Chocó Region

by Mike 3 Comments

Despite its epic species diversity, Ecuador possesses but a pittance of mainland endemics to its name. Sure, the Galapagos Islands own a veritable franchise...

Birds, Plants

European Starlings Feeding on Winged Sumac

January 16, 2010 by Corey 4 Comments

A recent trip to Jamaica Bay in the wind and cold was not very birdy and what birds I did see were mostly frantically...

Birds

Diabolical ID Challenge: Tricky Duck

January 15, 2010 by Mike 6 Comments

I’ll admit it… you guys are good. Our ID quizzes have evolved over the years to contend with and challenge the arrogant (oh, did...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of January 2010?

January 14, 2010 by Mike 12 Comments

We’re three weekends into the new decade and I’m wondering how many well-intentioned resolutions have already been cast by the wayside. How many of...

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