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San Diego Pelagic

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In August, we took a family trip to beautiful San Diego, seeing SeaWorld , LegoLand , and the San Diego Zoo. I’ve taken tours out of Monterey Bay (with pelagic legend Debi Shearwater , now retired) and Half Moon Bay, California ; Newport, Oregon ; and Hatteras, North Carolina. They took care of the eBirding too.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2018)

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” Despite the cruel, cold weather I was out and about on both Saturday and Sunday morning, despite the added cruelty of just having returned from (slightly) warmer North Carolina late on Friday night. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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Twitching Solitaire En Masse

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If I want my children to be birders, or at least to appreciate birding, I need them to have good experiences doing it with me. But sometimes the stars align perfectly, as they did a couple weeks ago, in the form of North Carolina’s first record of Townsend’s Solitaire.

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Junco Mashup

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In my experience, I’ve noted how birders, particularly newer birders, can have a tendency to jump to conclusions when they see any sort of bird that doesn’t match up perfectly with the picture in the field guide. New Jersey mystery sparrow.

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The Outer Banks after a Tropical Storm

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Though we were almost rained out, my graduation Outer Banks trip will remain a highlight of my time in North Carolina. Not only did I see beautiful landscapes and great birds, but I could share the experience with my family.

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Birding for the Curious: A Book Review

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He is a current member of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee and an eBird coordinator for North Carolina. For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Charitable Things. wrote Maryjane in Pennsylvania.

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