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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2015?

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You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout … Depending on where you live in the world, winter birding can test the spine and mettle of any naturalist. Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! If biting cold or unkind blizzards bar your path this weekend, venture forth.

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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12 of the most toxic types of D-Con will disappear from the shelves by March 31, 2015. There are no tests to diagnose it, either. The photograph in local papers did not show the brand of poison, but the colors on the package were like those of D-Con. Read that again: it has no antidote. Do we all feel better?

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My Personal Favorites

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Sinaloa Martin By 2015, I had discovered the tiny town or Paso Ancho, Michoacán, as my nearest option for seeing the many endemics of Mexico’s Hot Country/ Tierra Caliente. I could not test this theory in 2024, as by that month the lake had disappeared.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Mark]: This luscious book, Penguins: The Ultimate Guide , by De Roy, Jones, and Cornthwaite, is the second edition of a book first published in 2015. Anything else we could say about this great book would only be more in the way of superlatives. (And the price has not increased since 2015; it’s a bargain.).

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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The following year, having tested his employer’s indulgence still further, Chapin was back in the Congo, where, from a forest mining camp east of Stanleyville (now Kisangani), he succeeded in obtaining several specimens of what he was to name the ‘Congo Peacock’ (Afropavo congensis, and now also known as the Congo Peafowl).

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The Most Popular Videos on Our YouTube Channel in 2017

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The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn from the 2015 Deming in Education conference: 2,900 views (2 years – 5,500). Inquiring Minds: Improving Elementary Science – Linda Lippe’s presentation at our 2015 Deming in Education Conference. How Did We Do on the Test? The Prophet of Quality with Dr. W.

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Bleak Midwinter Update

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And, even as the ducks brighten their plumage and the Black-capped Chickadees test out their spring songs, it’s still so cold. Unfortunately, I’ve been dipping a lot – public transit does not lend itself to rapid response. American Wigeon by Gary Kramer, courtesy of USFWS. Birding Eurasian Wigeon waterfowl wigeons winter'

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