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Spring Migration on South Padre Island, Texas

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There are a few spectacles in the birding community that are high energy, happen quickly, and is worth any effort to experience it. One such experience is a bird grounding event, sometimes called a fallout. One way that we can help birds is to advocate on their behalf and to support organizations that conserve habitat.

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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

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The book is organized logically by seasonality. You can then take those facts out into the snow (or, if you live in NYC, the sunshine under which the bushes are starting to bloom), and use the larger context to enhance your birding experience.

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My Subtropical Bird Garden

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Every other year or so, we experience the lightest of frosts, nothing killing, and our warmest temperatures (in the 80s and 90s) occur in late spring. A Nashville Warbler , on the jacaranda tree. But I don’t have space for any more trees in my garden, so my personal experience with these is nil.

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey: A Book Review

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How do you organize species, knowing that beginning birders are apt to observe birds by color first and might be confused and intimidated by a taxonomic organization? Species are organized in American Ornithologists’ Union taxonomic order.