What could be more boring than starting a blog post with a Wikipedia quotation? So here goes: “The symbol of a bluebird as the...
Luck is a funny thing. It always presents itself in unexpected ways, seemingly to deliberately confuse and mislead. Last year we reunited with a...
We birders must really love what we do, because the social cost of doing it is pretty high. I’m not talking about being shunned,...
How many birders are there in America? For such a simple question, it turns out there are very few solid estimates. Indeed, there appears...
This past weekend was both Global Big Day and World Migratory Bird Day, and yet I had to deal with snow and freezing cold....
As the cold fronts begin to sweep through the northern states ushering in a wave of seasonal change and color, South Florida becomes a...
Black Kites are very common around Broome and they are often observed in very large flocks. The Black Kites are distinguished in flight by...
Today, May 9th is when we would have been immersed in birds, likely from dusk to dawn. In our neck of the woods, marking...
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