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What is a birder?

August 3, 2024 by Peter 2 Comments
There are two questions I get asked a lot. Do you take pictures of the birds you see? Are you a bird-watcher then? The...
Birding

Queensland’s First Nordmann’s Greenshank

August 6, 2021 by Ken Cross 2 Comments
 Nordmann’s Greenshank on the Cairns Esplanade [Adrian Walsh] Down here in Australia one can be a birder for a long time without experiencing a...
Trips

The Things We Do For Birds

November 2, 2020 by Corey 3 Comments
Late Sunday afternoon I was relaxing at home trying to recover from my early awakening due to having turned back the clock one hour...
Trips

Black-throated Gray Warbler at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

September 7, 2020 by Corey 1 Comment
My family and I spent last week in Cape Cod, enjoying a last summer getaway in a summer where getaway options have been extremely...
Birding

Quarantine Twitch for the Best Backyard Bird

April 29, 2020 by Faraaz Abdool 2 Comments
Just over a week ago I received an urgent phone call from a long-time friend and fellow birder. I was washing the dishes at...
Birding

A Japanese twitch.

February 22, 2020 by Redgannet 1 Comment
It’s the same the whole world over. A rare bird draws a crowd of optics and men of a certain age. The Tokyo Bay...
Trips

A Wild Thrush Chase

October 21, 2019 by Corey No Comments
Early Friday afternoon I checked my personal email on my phone while I was at work. And was I ever dismayed to see that...
Trips

Twenty-Four Hours of Awesome Part Two: Mr. Wilson the Plover

May 21, 2019 by Corey No Comments
After seeing the Burrowing Owl on Thursday night last week and talking to some other birders I realized that Friday was shaping up to...
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