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I Get Back

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My first experience birding was as a teenager back in the 70s, when birding meant a pair of binoculars, a couple of bird feeders, and a smallish field guide (book). When it became too much to bear, I stayed away from Pino Real for 18 months. This Mexican Violetear decided to prove this law: Colorful.

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On the Edge.

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This June my brother-in-law and I took off to Kangiq (Cape Crauford), the western edge of of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet to Lancaster Sound. The tracks of two young Polar Bear skirt a crack in the sea ice in Admiralty Inlet. Still, with that many bear you have to stay vigilant. A scant 24 hours to take it in. Ringed Seal.

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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?

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I travel more than the average bear and I can say that unless I’m in Central America…TSA agents are a mixed bag of race. It’s been my experience that for every 1 person I know who thinks a certain way, at least 12 others in my circle agree. Ever wonder what ethnicities have the highest crime rates? you guessed it.

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Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

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Having earned both a Master’s Degree in Engineering and in Law, Germain works as a manager for the construction industry. A that point in time, I could not imagine the adventure that I was going to experience and how birds would have rescued me. Germain has lived in East Asia since 2014. Where are my binos?”

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). Now you know.

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