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Spoon-billed Sandpipers Arrive in England

November 15, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

Thirteen Spoon-billed Sandpipers have arrived in England after spending sixty days in quarantine at Moscow Zoo. The birds were captured on their breeding grounds...

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Birding’s Biggest Dips

by James 21 Comments

All twitchers will experience it at some stage or another. That most dreaded of disappointments. The dip. For those that might not fully comprehend,...

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Pied-billed Grebe From Every Angle

November 14, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

The Pied-billed Grebe, a most wondrous waterfowl, perfectly exemplify the distinction between common and mundane. Podilymbus podiceps is most certainly common in my experience,...

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How to Misidentify a Bird

by Corey 2 Comments

Larry over at The Brownstone Birding Blog first defends the not-very-good birders and then explains how you can become one. My favorite part is...

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of November 2011)

by Mike 12 Comments

Last week, I mentioned how odd the weather has been around here. By odd, of course, I mean absolutely lovely. I know these patterns...

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Ducks in Autumn

November 13, 2011 by Corey 6 Comments

Autumn is a season of transitions and migrations, a slow descent from summer’s heat to winter’s cold. Sometimes blustery and rainy, sometimes warm and...

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