Black-thighed Grosbeak. On a recent Costa Rica trip, one of these was called out while an epic mixed flock was demolishing the forest around...
During the middle ages, a specialised vocabulary became popular in the sport of hunting. Known at the time as ‘terms of venery’, we know...
I was recently reading a rather vitriolic comment thread on a blog post related to carbon dioxide and global warming and came across references...
When a pelagic trip is short of great new birds to watch there is almost always the chum scrum to entertain the despondent birder....
The concept that bird watchers can accurately identify birds by their general aspect and behavior rather than by any specific field marks has not...
This past Monday I was running around with my son in my backyard after work. We were doing the regular stuff; waiting for the...
When a birder sees a really, really, good bird and another birder doesn’t see the bird, the first birder will often “grip off” the...
A bird’s crop is an expandable “muscular pouch near the gullet or throat.” It is used to store excess food for later digestion. Essentially...
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