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Birds, Conservation

Cats and chicks

June 16, 2018 by Redgannet No Comments

‘Tis the season when young birds fledge and take to the wing, or more commonly plunge to the ground where they are easy prey...

Food

Brewery Ommegang: Short Sleeve Saison

June 15, 2018 by Tristan Lowery No Comments

Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, New York has long been one of my favorite breweries. Over the past two decades – the brewery celebrated its...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of June 2018?

June 14, 2018 by Mike 1 Comment

Calendar spring is nearly at an end, but nature summer started a while ago. Most birders, attuned as they are to the rhythms of...

Conservation

For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

June 12, 2018 by Jason Crotty 1 Comment

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. These remote islands, some more...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2018)

June 11, 2018 by Mike 4 Comments

Most of us know all too well the bittersweet mood returning from a birding trip evokes. On the one hand, a successful adventure results...

Birding

The return of Pied Herons to Broome

June 10, 2018 by Clare M No Comments

Following on from our very wet start to 2018 it was no great surprise that we should encounter a Pied Heron around Broome on...

Trips

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

June 9, 2018 by Angela Minor No Comments

Dry Tortugas approximately 100 years ago. Sooties, noddies, and where to find them. As the Caribbean’s emerald waters fell away below our seaplane,...