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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

Here in Portland, Oregon, it is more frequently too rainy rather than too cold to go birding, at least comfortably. I am a westerner who has lived in San Francisco and Portland my entire birding life. Given my west coast experience, I have made dedicated birding trips to several of the more predictable birding hotspots.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Part of Boase’s mission here is to piece together the lives and careers of the four women who founded the RSPB, now one of Great Britain’s most powerful and richest nonprofit organizations: Emily Williamson, Eliza Phillips, Winifred, Duchess of Portland, and Boase’s favorite, Etta Lemon. This is where Boase excels.

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