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Fall migration brings rarities to Tucson

September 18, 2019 by Tom Brown 1 Comment

When you think of Southeast Arizona Birding, and the unique birds that can be found there, it conjures thoughts of roadrunners, hummingbirds, trogons, and...

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Nightingale-Thrushes

by Paul Lewis 3 Comments

We all have them: families of birds that are maddeningly similar, forever leaving nagging doubts about our identifications. Gulls. Terns. New World Warblers in...

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of September 2019)

September 16, 2019 by Mike 2 Comments

Mid-September conjures up visions of migrating shorebirds, songbirds, and waterfowl all joining together under ideal natural lighting for one perfect moment of birding. Sometimes,...

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Freckled Ducks and field guides

September 15, 2019 by Clare M No Comments

Anybody that has spent some time birding and using field guides will soon realise that the field guides are written for humans. Birds do...

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Reminders and Perils of Fall Migration in Costa Rica

September 14, 2019 by Patrick O'Donnell 2 Comments

Migration is happening. Every birder knows it. Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes...

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Foreign Languages on a Birding Trip

September 12, 2019 by Dragan No Comments

Don’t you hate it when you cannot communicate while birding overseas? Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather...

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Ground-Sparrows and Brush-Finches

September 11, 2019 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Most birders love a good double-hyphenate. Except, of course, for those who don’t yet know what a double-hyphenate is. Double-hyphenates are birds with two...

Bird Litigation - California Gnatcatcher

Conservation

Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

September 10, 2019 by Jason Crotty 1 Comment

The coastal subspecies of California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) can be found in sage scrub that was once abundant from Ventura County to northern...

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