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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

December 22, 2013 by Jochen No Comments

Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, which comprises the twin volcanoes Gede and Pangrango (with gunung meaning “mountain”), surely must rate as one of the birding highlights...

Birding

Little Bronze-Cuckoo or “a Xmas miracle”

by Clare M 2 Comments

The Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Chalcites minutillus or Chrysococcyx minutillus depending on your field guide is one of those birds that you will hear a lot...

Inspiration

It Ain’t Over ’til the Fat Thrush Sings

December 21, 2013 by a Guest No Comments

Steve Leddy is a business writer and editor, based at various times in London, Dublin, and Paris and once even part-owned a villa in...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of December 2013?

December 20, 2013 by Mike 2 Comments

Keep your eyes to the skies. Snow is in the air! This penultimate weekend of the year inspires last-minute panic: how are you going...

Birding

The ABA Area Big Year Record is Tied

December 19, 2013 by Corey 7 Comments

With a Rustic Bunting in Homer, Alaska, Neil Hayward has tied Sandy Komito’s American Birding Assocation area big year record of 745 (+3) species....

Birds

Snowy Owls Can Fly!

by Corey No Comments

As you can see in the picture above, all Snowy Owls do not just sit there like lumps of white awesomeness just waiting for...

Birds

Pygmy Nuthatches at Lassen Volcanic National Park

December 18, 2013 by Larry No Comments

The Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a non-migratory bird that lives primarily in Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine forests in western North America. These Pygmy Nuthatches were seen...