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Mud, and those who seek it

August 7, 2012 by Nate 3 Comments

While those to the north are busy wallowing in shorebirds of impressive diversity and numbers, we to the south sit and wait for the...

Reviews

Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

by Donna 3 Comments

“Peek!” Plunk. “Peek!” Plop. “Peek!” Plip. These were the sounds I heard as I walked around a small pond in Amherst, Massachusetts last week,...

News

Say Hello to the Sira Barbet

August 6, 2012 by Corey 2 Comments

A new species of barbet was discovered in 2008 in Peru by a team of ornithologists that were recent graduates of Cornell University. The...

Trips

East Pond Shorebirds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

by Corey 13 Comments

When you live in Queens and you only have one morning of an August weekend to go birding there is only one place to...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2012)

by Mike 10 Comments

Hot enough for you? If you’re suffering through a sweltering patch of record summer heat, you may feel much as Ralph Waldo Emerson did...

Trips

Birding Through the Seasons at Matheson Hammock

August 5, 2012 by Carlos 5 Comments

Carlos Sanchez is an excellent birder, a Miami resident, and a polyglot. Corey was lucky enough to meet Carlos while birding in Ecuador, where Carlos...

Trips

A Woodchat Shrike, and how to almost miss it

by Jochen 9 Comments

The Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator can be found all around the Mediterranean, including many parts of North Africa, and its range extends East into...

Trips