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Harris’s Sparrow, Eh?

February 8, 2013 by Carrie 6 Comments

So, let’s talk more about the Harris’s Sparrow. This big, chunky sparrow is one of Canada’s few endemic breeders (Wikipedia says the only one,...

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On Not Chasing Grace’s Warbler

January 6, 2012 by Carrie 13 Comments

I got word of the Grace’s Warbler a bit late in the game. This is no one’s fault but my own; had I partied...

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Rare air

October 23, 2011 by Clare K 4 Comments

There are a few birds up here that, while we may find as just part of the fauna, others would foam at the mouth...

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An Imperial Twitch

June 29, 2011 by Duncan 12 Comments

It was only just a few days ago that I was poking fun of twitchers in Alan’s post about White-throated Robins and such. The...

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The Lost Warblers of the Farallon Islands

May 11, 2011 by Duncan 2 Comments

My first exposure to the beautiful birds known as wood-warblers was on a small group of islands on the edge of the world (almost)....

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All Buteos lead to North Carolina

February 10, 2011 by Nate 11 Comments

Five individual hawks consisting of two separate species are currently making waves in the Carolinas this winter. They’re not the regular ones, the common...

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Winter Visitors in Cyprus

January 21, 2011 by Dan 5 Comments

Geographically, Cyprus is caught between the Western and Central Paleo-arctic. And we get all sorts of vagrants it seems, especially in winter. Last winter...

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