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A Laughing Gull flies along the waterfront in Mobile, Alabama, in late July. Photo by Carrol Henderson We've all seen the horrific photos of birds and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico covered in oil, but new photos from our longtime friend and contributor Carrol Henderson suggest a more insidious impact of the disaster on birds that have been partially oiled but not immediately doomed. Henderson, the nongame wildlife program supervisor for...
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The Pacific Wren, seen here in Seattle's Discovery Park, has been recognized as a species distinct from the Winter Wren. Photo by Tom Talbott Fifteen new species are being added to the Check-list of North American Birds this year following recent decisions by the American Ornithologists’ Union's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature for North and Middle America, the body responsible for English bird names and scientific nomenclature...
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I'm delighted to let you know that our August 2010 issue is now available on newsstands. Here's the table of contents . And here's a list of stores where you can buy a copy for yourself. Contributing editors The issue contains a really nice assortment of wit and wisdom from our contributing editors: Kenn Kaufman compares beautiful Baird's Sandpiper with Pectoral Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper. Subscribers can read this online...
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Pictured on the cover of our June 2010 issue (right) is the world's smallest bird: a male Bee Hummingbird. It measures 2.5 inches from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail, and it weighs 1.6 to 1.9 grams. That’s a mere 0.056 to 0.067 ounces. In fact, the cover photo shows the bird at more than twice its actual size. The species is found only in Cuba and on the nearby Isle of Pines. While we were editing the issue, I looked for photos of...
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Not too long ago, I wrote about how we had just added 50 articles about birds and birdwatching to our growing online collection. Today I'm happy to announce that we've added 20 more. Seven are engaging, informative species profiles -- and some of my favorite pieces from the Birder's World archives. Four are columns by Contributing Editor Paul Kerlinger about shorebirds: describing when they migrate, where you can find them, and how ornithologists...
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Here's what to do if you find an oiled or injured bird or other animal, as well as a list of organizations that are soliciting volunteers, supplies, and donations to help with the cleanup. Report injured and oiled animals: Do not attempt to help injured or oiled animals. Report sightings to this toll-free number (leave a message): (866) 557-1401 To report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816 Oil Reporter Report oiled...
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What a pleasure to share this letter, from Eldon Greij, the founding editor of Birder's World magazine. He sent it to us from a place I've written about and am quite fond of -- the beautiful, bird-rich country of Uganda -- but his story isn't all about birds, as you can see. Eldon's popular column Amazing Birds appears in every issue of Birder's World. Read more about Eldon . -- Chuck Hagner, Editor Queen Elizabeth National Park...
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We published a fantastic article about nesting Black Terns in our June issue. Marie Read , a long-time contributing photographer from Freeville, New York, wrote the piece and shot all the photos, including the charming scene shown above: adult Black Terns feeding a newly hatched chick. What did it take to get that shot? A lot. For starters, Marie received special access to areas where Black Terns breed at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Perch...
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The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico stretches east of Delta National Wildlife Refuge in this satellite image made on Sunday, April 25. Plotted on the photo are several Important Bird Areas that lie in the oil's path. (Photo courtesy NASA Earth Observatory ) The news from the Gulf of Mexico could hardly get worse. The oil being spilled into the sea in the aftermath of last week's platform explosion -- as much as 210,000 gallons a day, we now...
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The June 2010 issue of Birder's World, featuring contributions from contributing editors David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Kenn Kaufman, Julie Craves, and other friends, will go on sale on newsstands on Tuesday, May 4. Here are 15 reasons you should ask for it at your favorite bookstore: 1. David Sibley offers the final word on a universal, perennial ID challenge -- how to distinguish Cooper's Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Go to ID Toolkit. 2. Julie...
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Meet Joanne Willey of Creedmoor, North Carolina, the lucky winner of our latest Readers' Favorites Survey . Thanks to our generous partner, Nikon Sport Optics , she will soon receive one sweet pair of birding binoculars -- the Nikon Monarch 8x36. Congratulations, Joanne! I know you'll love the binocs! Read about the winners of our first and second and third Readers' Favorites Surveys. In our April 2010 issue, we asked Joanne, you, and...
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BirdersWorld.com is 50 great articles richer today than it was six months ago. Since October, we've added 50 articles about great birding locations in 13 states and one Canadian province: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Links are provided below, but you can also find the newest articles (and many more) by using this website's easy-to-use...
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Forest meets the beach in this aerial view of Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. Photo by Michael and Patricia Fogden, Friends of the Osa / Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0 Today is Earth Day, and to celebrate, we have a story about Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula (pictured above) and an interview with a man who has helped save it: Adrian Forsyth. The Osa Peninsula on Costa Rica's Pacific coast is one of the world's most spectacular places...
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I'm sure you've heard of Ivory-bill hunter, ornithologist, and author Geoffrey Hill . He's been leading a search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers along the Choctawhatchee River in Florida since 2005. He wrote about the search in February 2007 , and we published an online followup by Hill later that year . He also maintained a website about the project , and he wrote about his efforts in the book Ivorybill Hunters . What you may not know about...
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Nature photographer Bill Draker and his wife Sharon were participating in the 2009 Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest in Texas in April 2009 when Bill photographed the stunning male Painted Bunting that appears on our April 2010 issue cover (right). The biannual contest promotes wildlife conservation in the 16 counties surrounding Corpus Christi. Wildlife photographers and landowners team up to document the region's birds, mammals, insects, reptiles...
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