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Reviews

Petrels, Albatrosses & Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide – A Librarian Birder’s Review

March 1, 2012 by Donna 4 Comments

When Corey and Mike asked if I wanted to review this book, I cautioned them that I am far from an expert in seabirds...

Trips

Hitting Bottom in Brooklyn, or, A Boat Aground

February 20, 2012 by Corey 13 Comments

It seemed liked an innocuous idea. Seven birders, a boat for hire, and a cruise around lower New York Harbor and vicinity looking for...

Birds

Merry Christmas Shearwaters!

December 21, 2011 by Duncan 2 Comments

It’s that time of year when a young man’s thoughts turn to tropical seabirds like the Christmas Shearwater… wait, that doesn’t work! In fact,...

Birding

Don’t Go On Pelagic Trips. Ever.

November 22, 2011 by Felonious Jive 15 Comments

Red-tailed Tropicbird. “This clumsy, ungraceful bird was displeasing to observe” – Carol F. Pelagic trips. There is nothing in birding like a pelagic…you...

Birds

Tubenose Taxonomy 101

November 10, 2011 by David 9 Comments

Tubenose. No, it’s not part of a Shakespearean insult. Tubenoses are seabirds that belong to an order called Procellariiformes (from a Latin word for...

Trips

The Long Reach of the Poor Knights

September 14, 2011 by Duncan 4 Comments

Long before I moved in New Zealand, or visited or even knew much about the wildlife here, way back then I knew about the...

Birds

Sea Fairies

August 3, 2011 by Duncan 1 Comment

I’ve got two longer more wordy posts in a half finished condition this week, so rather than rush them out unfinished I’m afraid it’s...

Birds

Angel Terns

July 27, 2011 by Duncan 12 Comments

The IOC World Bird list proposed a number of unconventional bird names, most notably the Great Northern Loon (Gavia immer) and the Roughleg (Buteo...

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