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Looking Back, Looking Ahead

January 12, 2006 by Mike No Comments

I didn’t realize that it was customary at year end to ruminate on one’s previous 52 weeks of avian observation, but I’m happy to...

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Reliable Winter Birds

January 9, 2006 by Mike No Comments

My sister and I brought Mason to catch the last weekend of the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show. The trains weren’t exactly...

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Hoodies In The Hood

January 6, 2006 by Mike No Comments

True to form, our unseasonably warm weather snapped just in time for the weekend. Twenty-four hours of torrential rain was followed by twenty-four more...

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I and the Bird #14

January 5, 2006 by Mike No Comments

The term “bird brained” is usually used as a slur to impugn someone’s intelligence. But why should a reference to avian intelligence be insulting?...

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Another Avian Ailment

January 3, 2006 by Mike 1 Comment

I spotted the mangy female House Finch featured above at Ann’s feeders last week. Before you panic, this poor wretch doesn’t seem to be...

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All Friends Around A Feeder

January 2, 2006 by Mike No Comments

My efforts to bag one last life bird before 2005’s end proved futile. There were no winter finches or white-winged gulls for me, no...

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Blue Crane – South Africa’s National Bird

January 1, 2006 by Corey 1 Comment

The Blue Crane Grus paradisea is truly a magnificent creature and worthy of being South Africa’s national bird. It is also known as the...

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Birding In The Blink Of An Eye

December 29, 2005 by Mike No Comments

I just finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s remarkable book, Blink, subtitled The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Gladwell’s writing really is sensational. This particular work...

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