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Birding

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of July 2013?

July 19, 2013 by Mike 8 Comments

When the birds of summer grow stale, a birder’s fancy turns to leps and odes. If you don’t know what those terms mean, think...

Bugs

The Moths Are Coming! The Moths Are Coming!

by Meredith Mann No Comments

Mike photographed this Unmarked Dagger (Acronicta innotata) at his family’s annual “Chicken Inferno” in 2009. Wonder what he’ll find this year! Are you a birder who...

I and the Bird

I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

July 18, 2013 by Nate 5 Comments

You may not realize it when you look at those bizarre looking waders with the massive bills and the vacant expression, but you’re looking...

Trips

Birding Russia on the Fly

by a Guest 2 Comments

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking...

Conservation

Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

July 17, 2013 by Larry 37 Comments

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) photo by Larry Jordan The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1,...