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Executive Director Tom Kercheval meets Smoke the Screech Owl. Photo by Allison Gallo The October 12, 2024 Big Sit at...

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High School Environmental Science Teacher and birder, Nick Newberry, presents the basics of finding and identifying warblers and other spring...

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Photo by Jane Yocom The winter waterfowl field trip on February 18 certainly had chilly weather suitable for finding waterfowl,...

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Starling Murmuration Comes With a Falcon or Two on Raptor Field Trip

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A winter raptor trip led by Allison Gallo, Bryan Henson and Gerco Hoogeweg on January 28 yielded many raptors including...

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Volume 26 Issue 2, Spring 2021 Review by Joe Coleman Birds have fascinated humankind for millennia. Their variety, their ability to...

Book Review: Four Books About Birding

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Volume 25 Issue 3, Summer 2020 Review by Steve Allen This may get a little confusing as we discuss four books, two...

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By Joe Coleman, Birding Coordinator Flying SquirrelPhoto by Jane Yocom How big was Wildlife Conservancy’s World Migratory Bird Day/Global Big...

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