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Leucistic Pileated Woodpecker

March 24, 2011 by Corey 18 Comments

The typical woodpecker, with its coloration of black, white, and red, is ingrained into our brains as birders. We all have our familiar species...

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Swarovski Optik Reaffirms Support for Sociable Lapwing

by Mike No Comments

Our friends at Swarovksi Optik just announced they would be providing further funding to support international conservation action for the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing through...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of March 2011?

by Mike 9 Comments

Spring is here, right? So why am I looking out my window at 4 inches of snow? Early spring is full of ornithological as...

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The Elusive Painted Bunting

by Nate 10 Comments

I was in Florida last week, the freakiest of the southeastern states. Its peninsular shape, dipping so seductively into the neotropic Caribbean, suggest a...

Trips

Finding a Ross’s Goose in a Flock of Snow Geese

March 23, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

After spending the early morning on Saturday birding at Alley Pond Park I was happy with having seen my first Eastern Phoebe of the...

Birding

Fruit For Birds

by Birdchick 14 Comments

Something has always puzzled me in my years working in the bird feeding industry: why don’t we offer more fresh fruit to birds in...

Birds

Confusing Collared Kingfishers

by Duncan 5 Comments

The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls, Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to...

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Oil Spill Threatens Birds in Tristan da Cunha

March 22, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

A grounded cargo vessel wrecked on Nightingale Island, which is part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic. Consequently, a spill...

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