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And so it begins

May 29, 2011 by Clare K 11 Comments

We are on the cusp of a massive influx of migrants. Well, massive being relative to where I am. The trickle of new arrivals...

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Migration Comes to Me

May 21, 2011 by Mike 1 Comment

You’ve no doubt heard the famous expression, “If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain.” The pithy lesson...

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A Question of Migration

May 19, 2011 by Greg 11 Comments

To a birder, migration means that you can live in Minnesota, New York, Paris or Moscow and see exotic tropical birds such as Piranga...

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Migrant Warblers in Cyprus

April 29, 2011 by Dan 1 Comment

Migrating warblers typically pass through Cyprus from March until May every Spring – a fact that is sadly taken advantage of by illegal poachers....

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An April Weekend of New York City Birding

April 18, 2011 by Corey 9 Comments

This spring has been rather lousy so far. Like, really lousy. Like, really cold, really wet, really windy, and almost completely lacking in days...

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Do Birds “Hear” Their Way Home?

April 2, 2011 by Corey 2 Comments

U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Jon Hagstrum believes birds may navigate home in migration by using Earth’s “low-frequency sound waves to identify the ‘address’ of...

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First Phoebe of 2011

March 20, 2011 by Corey 12 Comments

My first sighting of an Eastern Phoebe each year is, for me, when spring officially begins. I finally got my first phoebe of the...

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

March 17, 2011 by Alan 4 Comments

March and it’s like a switch flicks in birders brains in Europe, suddenly everyone’s ‘doing’ sub-Saharan migrants (or should that be trans-Saharan migrants and...

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