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How to Start Bird Watching So That You Keep Bird Watching

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Back in 2006, Problogger Darren Rowse proposed a fun Group Writing Project challenging bloggers to put together a good “How To&# post. Even the most barren habitat shelters enough stealthy, confusing, downright frustrating species to scare off newbies. The next logical step was to explain the right way to get started.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest. Many birders left at the first drops, but I crowded with a few other birders under the shelter of the volunteer kiosk. Anahuac NWR–Skillern Tract.

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