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Mike And Corey Are Going To Uganda!
This coming Thursday both Mike and I will be jetting our way to a continent neither of us have ever visited. Yes, we'll be heading to Africa, more specifically the “Pearl of...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
Best Bird of the Weekend
The rush of migration seems to have ended just about everywhere in the world. Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
Birds Predicting the Weather
Continuing a previous discussion of pseudoscientific and simply nonsensical beliefs about birds, let's talk about the weather. Some of these actually make a bit of sense. “When...
1 day ago - Ornithology
Bar-shouldered Doves in Broome
I am not sure how it happened, but I have written 480 posts and somehow not even shared photos of Bar-shouldered Doves. This bird species is usually the first in our garden...
2 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A couple of California firsts
My sightings of Greater Roadrunners have often proved to be eccentric and unpredictable. Having spent all morning bashing the Sonoran Desert hoping to find my lifer roadrunner...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Grand River Brewery: 313 Polish Lager
It was in the great borough of Queens in New York City that I first discovered both beer and birding, two great loves of my life that happily intersect with great regularity...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birding in Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2019
Sometimes I am tired of words, tired of writing. So, this post just shows 25 birds I spotted at Nanhui in October 2019. Not all of them rare, but all of them interesting...
5 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Lake Cuitzeo gets good
Having come back to Mexico from Europe, I chose to make my first home outing to my local lake, Lake Cuitzeo. That is because, by October, the waterfowl and shorebirds that have...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Barn Owl Color Variation
Like many birds, Barn Owls show variation in their plumage coloration. There could be several reasons, but there are at least two that I know of. I'm sure you have driven at...
7 days ago - Ornithology
Fall Birding at Nisqually NWR
Most of the estuaries of Puget Sound in Washington State have been developed, but one of the few that remain is the Nisqually River Delta, which was protected as a National...
7 days ago - 10,000 Birds
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Guide to Long Distance Binoculars
Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
Best Birding Binocular 2016/2017
During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
BirdWatching Binoculars 101
If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
Birds Predicting the Weather
Continuing a previous discussion of pseudoscientific and simply nonsensical beliefs about birds, let's talk about the weather. Some of these actually make a bit of sense. “When...
Mike And Corey Are Going To Uganda!
This coming Thursday both Mike and I will be jetting our way to a continent neither of us have ever visited. Yes, we'll be heading to Africa, more specifically the “Pearl of...
Best Bird of the Weekend
The rush of migration seems to have ended just about everywhere in the world. Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders...