9 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Since I am an evangelical pastor down here in Mexico, I always feel a bit odd when I give visiting birders their first encounter with Lucifer. Of course, in my defense, this is...
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A Selection of Kenyan LBJ's

9 hours ago | 10,000 Birds

Last night in the moments before sleep took over, I felt an urge to shine some light on some LBJ's or LBB's. What better selection than the various birds of the Kenyan...
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The Crow's Story

2 days 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

2 days 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

2 days 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

3 days 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

4 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)

5 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

6 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

7 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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A Selection of Kenyan LBJ's

Last night in the moments before sleep took over, I felt an urge to shine some light on some LBJ's or LBB's. What better selection than the various birds of the Kenyan... Read more ...

The Devil Made Me Do It

Since I am an evangelical pastor down here in Mexico, I always feel a bit odd when I give visiting birders their first encounter with Lucifer. Of course, in my defense, this is... Read more ...