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The Art of Bird Camp

10,000 Birds

Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families). Actually, I was bested by an entire group of teenagers, all gathered – along with 36 adults – on Hog Island , Audubon’s famous camp off the coast of Maine. What was it like?”

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. On occasion, they even incubate their eggs (they are non-parasitic cuckoos) in a communal nest.

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