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TN20 Meet the author: Richard Crossley, ‘The Crossley ID Guide’
In this podcast Charlie talks with internationally acclaimed birder, photographer and author Richard Crossley, who’s ground-breaking book ‘The Crossley ID Guide’ has just been published and which has to be – certainly at the time of this recording anyway – one of the most discussed bird ID books for many, many years.
Kirtland’s Warbler pop ‘remains steady’
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment has released annual survey information indicating the state's population of the near-threatened [as per the IUCN] Kirtland's Warbler Dendroica
Review: American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation
I suppose before I review this book I should declare an interest: I am passionately interested in conservation. And perhaps I should also issue a warning: warning -
Thick-billed Parrot: Mexico and beyond…?
When I posted about the now extinct Carolina Parakeet yesterday I was very careful to say that it was North America's only endemic mainland parrot. Similarly when
The Carolina Parakeet
I would imagine (I've not got the stats to hand at the moment) that many of the readers who visit this blog are members of the so-called 'developed
Separating Common Buzzard and Red-tailed Hawk
The Common Buzzard Buteo buteo and the Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis are both their respective regions' commonest 'buteos' and are obviously closely-related, but - in theory - they
‘Intermedius’ Lesser Black-backed Gull in Miami?
I was flicking through Sibley (not as painful as it may sound, by the way) in a recent idle moment and came upon the description of Lesser Black-backed
Photogallery: ‘Western’ Red-tailed Hawk
Western Red-tailed Hawks Buteo jamaicensis
California, various dates 2004 - 2007
By far the most common and widespread buteo in North America, the Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of woodland
Townsend’s Warblers, Cascade Creek
Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
Cascade Creek (near Ano Nuevo State Reserve), California. January 2007
On the 11th of January 2007 I had the most memorable two hours birding I've had
Review: Raptors of Eastern North America
"Raptors of Eastern North America" - Brian Wheeler (published by Princeton University Press 2003)
Review: Jochen Roeder, www.belltowerbirding.blogspot.com. January 2007
When you suddenly find something large turning like a
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