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Peregrine Falcons at the National Wildlife Refuges

February 13, 2013 by Larry 9 Comments

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Delevan NWR (click on photos for full sized images) The name Peregrine means “wanderer,” and northern-nesting Peregrines are among...

Trips

Kaikoura in the Summer

by Duncan 3 Comments

Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels. Whereas much pelagic birding involves...

Mammals

Sea Otter Sex

February 12, 2013 by Corey 1 Comment

Did you ever wonder what Sea Otter sex is like? And by that I’m not asking if you wondered what sex with a Sea...

I and the Bird

IATB: Call for Falcons

by Nate No Comments

Hey I and the Bird fans! I need your falcon posts! If you have any blog post about those sickle-winged quasi-raptors from any point...

Birding

To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

by James 14 Comments

The Carolina Parakeet was extinct by 1918 and extinct in the wild by about 1904. The USA’s only truly indigenous parrot was wiped out...

Birding

Why Birders Dig Darwin

by Mike 9 Comments

February 12 is Darwin Day, the birthday of the brilliant author of On The Origin of Species. This year marks the 200th anniversary of...

Trips

Digiscoping at Jones Beach with the Swarovski STX 30-70 X 95

by Corey 10 Comments

Swarovski Optik has proven their generosity to bird bloggers once again by thoughtfully allowing me the use of one of their marvelous new modular spotting scopes,...