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“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”

May 23, 2021 by Mark 1 Comment

In six or seven months, the “best books of the year” features will come out in the important print and web publications. They will...

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Uncharacteristically Wet

May 12, 2021 by Faraaz Abdool 2 Comments

I know many of us seek birds as an escape from dreary, depressing news that seems to permeate almost everything of late. Endless notifications...

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Changing Bird Names (Again)

May 11, 2021 by Jason Crotty 5 Comments

On April 16, 2021, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS), had a “Community Congress on English Bird Names” to...

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“Earth’s Wild Music”: a book review

May 5, 2021 by Mark 1 Comment

A fine idea for a nature book is promised by the title and subtitle: Earth’s Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the...

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Heat in the Tropics

April 28, 2021 by Faraaz Abdool 2 Comments

As the boreal migrants head north, breeding season for the residents and austral migrants is beginning to pick up. A friend of mine has...

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Into the Clouds

April 14, 2021 by Faraaz Abdool 4 Comments

Trinidad’s cloud forests typically aren’t birded much. After all, the habitat is restricted to the highest and mostly inaccessible reaches of the mountain range...

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A Survey of U.S. Birders

April 13, 2021 by Jason Crotty 1 Comment

Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons” is notable. Although...

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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

April 7, 2021 by Mark 6 Comments

A cheeky lad, Geoffrey McMullan was regularly subjected to brutal discipline at his English boarding school. He found some solace when, at age eleven,...

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