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The Cure for Binocular Neck: Birding in Montana

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Bald Eagle. On a horseback ride into the mountains, I saw an off-season (unoccupied) eagle’s nest in a cave. Ask how to ‘be bear aware,’ as they say. Insider tip: Take some serious insect repellent. I even remember what the lake, and sky, and weather was like on that day. Photo by © Mike Blevins.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Bald Eagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank.

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Pat’s Year List, it’s 2016!

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Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. Bald Eagle – Halieetus leucocephalus; Niagara county, 2-Jan. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verrauxi; El Rodeo, 9-Jan.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. In the water I find a single black-tipped feather as their only trace. And, this was badly needed. ” There are amazing stories here. Snow Geese, photo courtesy of Tom Middleton.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos. Jamaica Bay, South Shore.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas).

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