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Opticron Traveller BGA Mg 8x32s on a blue pillow

Reviews

Review: The Opticron Traveller BGA Mg

September 26, 2014 by Carrie 1 Comment

Every birder wants the best optics possible. But what that means often depends on circumstance. I love my Swarovski EL 8x32s deeply, but sometimes...

Birds

Frank Gilbert’s Awesome Hospital Cage

by Suzie 2 Comments

One summer my father came to visit from his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He is the handiest of handy guys; he has fixed...

Birds

The Complicated Mating Systems of Rheas

September 25, 2014 by Alfredo Begazo No Comments

Mating systems and parental care patterns can be odd among birds. Male-female role reversal, happens in some familiar birds, but is rare. Less than...

Conservation

The Bank Swallow Is On the List of Common Birds in Steep Decline

September 24, 2014 by Larry 2 Comments

The Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) is North America’s smallest swallow. It can be distinguish from the Northern Rough-winged Swallow by its dark breast band...

Birds

Eye Level with a Whiskered Treeswift

by Duncan No Comments

Treeswifts are funny little things. They’re swifts, only they aren’t, actually. When they were first described they were thought to be a link between...

Trips

Whiskered Tern at Cape May

September 23, 2014 by Corey 5 Comments

The recent hubbub in the northeastern United States in terms of rare birds has been all about the Whiskered Tern at Cape May, the...

Birding

2014-2015 Winter Finch Forecast

September 22, 2014 by Corey No Comments

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated...