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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of August 2013?

August 15, 2013 by Mike 2 Comments

Unseasonable weather can be a double-edged sword. After all, who doesn’t love an Indian Summer or a thrillingly warm day in the midst of...

Birds

American Rosefinches; Can You Tell Them Apart?

August 14, 2013 by Larry 4 Comments

After spotting the Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) pair above a couple of weeks ago at Lassen Volcanic National Park, I thought I had a new lifer!...

Birds

Searching for the Elusive and Less-Colorful: The Sinaloa Martin

by a Guest 4 Comments

Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder. They packed up in June of 2013 and headed...

I and the Bird

IATB: More Grebes, please!

August 13, 2013 by Nate No Comments

Today is the deadline for submissions for the next edition of I and the Bird. To those of you who have dug through your...

Birds

The Remotest Endemic Birds

by James 4 Comments

If one was a serious twitcher – kinda like Phoebe Snetsinger (who saw approximately 8,400 species before her death), Tom Gullick (reputedly the first...

Birds

Year of the Eagle

by a Guest 1 Comment

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife, Smithsonian, Outdoor Photographer,...

Conservation

Lawns Should Go the Way of the Dodo

August 12, 2013 by Corey 10 Comments

I agree very strongly with Hamilton Nolan. This, especially, is a nice paragraph: Lawns are a false idol. They represent the ancient American ideal...