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A Few Ups and Downs of Forest Birding in Costa Rica

January 24, 2015 by Patrick O'Donnell 1 Comment

Tropical forests are the bastions of avian biodiversity. If you thought that migrant traps and spring in south Texas were birdalicious (and they can...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of January 2015?

January 23, 2015 by Mike 2 Comments

We are well and truly into whatever season your part of the planet is in. The Southern Hemisphere is mired in summer doldrums, while...

Reviews

Back to Forest Park – and a Review of the Opticron Natura BGA

by Carrie No Comments

I was feeling fairly disheartened. My big year, after starting off with an incredible rarity, had fizzled. A literal wild goose chase had led...

Conservation

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

January 22, 2015 by Dragan No Comments

Maharashtra, February 2013 Trying not to inhale so much of the dust cloud that envelops us, I am sporting a bandana tied bank-robber style....

Birding

Your List, Your Life (or, how Pine Siskin became county bird #178)

January 20, 2015 by Nate 9 Comments

I think some of the antagonism towards listing in birders comes from the mistaken belief that one’s list is nothing more the basest commodification...

Birds

On the threshold of flight

by Greg 5 Comments

We are on the threshold, just stepping across it really, of understanding one of the most important evolutionary events that ever happened. I speak...