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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of February 2018)

10,000 Birds

Those Eagles you’re hearing everyone talk about right now aren’t the ones you typically seek while birding, but rather the ones from Philadelphia that just won Super Bowl LII. To get in the mood for the big game, I took a run up to Irondequoit Bay in search of Bald Eagles.

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Year of the Eagle

10,000 Birds

After three years of observation at a Bald Eagle nest in Washington state, I believe that young birds do, in fact, learn to fly — and they appear to learn much the same way we do. My work focused on a consistently productive bald eagle nest in Kirkland, Wash., It really looked like a game of tag.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of September 2011)

10,000 Birds

In fact, a game is on even as I write this, which means I’ve got no time for idle banter. The best birds of my weekend were Seahawks, Eagles, Falcons, Cardinals, And Ravens. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How was your weekend? Mine was fun and footballtastic.