15 hours ago | Ornithology

Birds are intelligent, especially parrots and crow relatives - jays, nutcrackers, ravens, jackdaws and others. The Clark's Nutcracker stores conifer seeds in the late summer...
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Getting Good Bird Video with a Phone Skope Adaptor

19 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Two weekends ago I was scheduled to take part in a live birding video, one of twenty birders from across North and South America who were out and about looking for good birds...
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Best Bird of the Weekend

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

October is when rumors of the next season become harder to deny. Where I live, the full splendor of fall foliage coupled with initial fingers of frost refutes the notion that...
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Curlew Sandpiper feeding

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

One of the more common shorebirds along Broome's beaches is the Curlew Sandpiper- Calidris ferruginea. They are often found in large mixed flocks and many have recently arrived...
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Highlights from Costa Rica, Global Bird Weekend, 2020

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

If the birding world had an official holiday, it would have to be Global Big Day. No other date captures the attention of so many birders, no other day is dedicated to the...
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Tenet Wines: The Pundit Syrah (2016)

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

At the risk of yet again reinforcing our predictable North American slant at Booze and Birds, it has to be noted that this year's United States presidential campaign season has...
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Mammals of South Asia

5 days ago | 10,000 Birds

I was lucky to visit India several times, but as a keen birder I carried along only a bird book, and even upgraded it to a new edition between the trips. Ahead of the first...
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A Good Walk Well Spoiled

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Golf is a good walk spoiled. - Mark Twain Once, and only once, a while after I became a bit crazy about birding, my long-suffering wife decided to go along with me and see what...
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Owl Giants

8 days ago | Ornithology

West of the Mississippi from Canada to Central America lives the Burrowing Owl. These small, brownish tan-colored owls with bright yellow eyes are the only raptors in North...
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Best Bird of the Weekend

8 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Any time of year that features skies filled with birds pretty much all day demands attention pretty much all day. If your neck is sore from being on a swivel this weekend, may...
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The Crow's Story

Birds are intelligent, especially parrots and crow relatives - jays, nutcrackers, ravens, jackdaws and others. The Clark's Nutcracker stores conifer seeds in the late summer... Read more ...

Curlew Sandpiper feeding

One of the more common shorebirds along Broome's beaches is the Curlew Sandpiper- Calidris ferruginea. They are often found in large mixed flocks and many have recently arrived... Read more ...

Getting Good Bird Video with a Phone Skope Adaptor

Two weekends ago I was scheduled to take part in a live birding video, one of twenty birders from across North and South America who were out and about looking for good birds... Read more ...

Best Bird of the Weekend

October is when rumors of the next season become harder to deny. Where I live, the full splendor of fall foliage coupled with initial fingers of frost refutes the notion that... Read more ...