Birds

Wood Warbler Names Done Right

June 25, 2019 by Mike 5 Comments
For many North American birders, wood warblers represent everything exciting, compelling, and immediate about birding. The desire to better understand these avian jewels impelled...
Birding

I’m not seeing spots: Towhee issues

by Paul Lewis 2 Comments
When you bird in Latin America, you quickly realize how America-centric English-language bird names are. Consider, for example, the Summer Tanager. This is an...
Birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker

June 24, 2019 by a Guest 2 Comments
Joshua Malbin has been birding in Brooklyn, NY for more than 10 of his 15-plus years doing it so far. He’s been working as...
Birding

Cory’s Shearwater is Misspelled

by Corey 4 Comments
Cory’s Shearwater is missing a letter. One little “e” is absent from the name and it has been driving me crazy ever since I...
Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2019)

by Mike 4 Comments
If you’re not finding mid-June birding all that exciting, you’re definitely not alone. Worry not, though, because you’ll find plenty of avian-themed excitement in...
Politics

Rename All Birds Named After White People

June 23, 2019 by a Guest 20 Comments
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein is a writer, teacher, organizer, and birdwatcher who lives in upstate New York. The ornithological practice of naming species after dead white...
Birding

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

by Clare M 2 Comments
During our three week visit to Singapore in March we spent a good part of each day walking and birding. By 17th March we...
Birds

Welcome to Bird Renaming Week

by Mike 1 Comment
Was it Shakespeare who asserted that a bird by any other name would sing as sweet? Perhaps he didn’t write those exact words, but...
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