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Greater Sand Plover with abnormal colouration 2018 update

January 14, 2018 by Clare M No Comments

Last year we had an odd observation concerning a Greater Sand Plover. This marked individual had completely normal plumage when it was captured and...

Birding

Goosander

January 13, 2018 by Redgannet No Comments

Most of you will be more comfortable with the name Common Merganser, but the Brits still like to use Goosander. Whichever one you prefer,...

Food

Half Acre Beer Company: Lead Feather Black Ale

January 12, 2018 by Tristan Lowery No Comments

I haven’t got a story behind this week’s beer, and I’m not even sure what to make of the name or the artwork beyond...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2018?

January 11, 2018 by Mike 4 Comments

A new year inspires in birders the same mad ambition a fresh canvas ignites in painters. No matter how many phenomenal years you have...

Birding

Shorebirds in the desert

January 10, 2018 by Tom Brown 3 Comments

My time here on the Baja has become somewhat limited, so Sunday morning found me up before daylight, and driving over to Conquista Agraria....

Conservation

Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

January 9, 2018 by Jason Crotty No Comments

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon...

Birding

Getting the Year List Started in Queens

January 8, 2018 by Corey 2 Comments

On January first my year list, just like every other birder’s year list, reverted to zero. Every single species, even the European Starlings above,...