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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

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A description of the parenting habits of Emperor Penguins begins the lengthy chapter, “Family Matters,” about Chris’s difficult, intense relationship with his father. And of course, there is the incident in Central Park. I have one complaint about Better Living Through Birding : I wish there were photos.

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Birding Shanghai in January 2023

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I tried to get a better idea of what exactly the definition of cuckoo-dove is but am still not very clear about it – Wikipedia only offers the rather formal definition “any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia , Reinwardtoena, and Turacoena of the pigeon family.” But I may well be wrong.

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The Wood-Warblers Are Back In New York City!

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And, of course, the wood-warblers. Every spring they totally steal the show in the northeast and you really can’t blame birders for abandoning their jobs, their families, and their sanity as they rush to New York City’s abundant and amazing parks to see the show live and in technicolor. Northern Parula. American Redstart.

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The First Swallow-tail of Spring

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I recently returned from my family’s annual spring trip to Florida, and unlike years previous I didn’t get any special time set aside to bird this time round. Now they’re regularly seen foraging in the weeds along the golf course and soaring overhead with clouds of vultures. Swallow-tailed Kite.

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