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Our Photo of the Week winner for July and August is Troy Lim, who captured this memorable image of a Bald Eagle preparing to land in a tree. Our judge Robert Strickland, who photographed the Red-shouldered Hawk we published on our October issue cover , noted that the photo "has perfect depth of field, allowing it to be crisp and in focus." Congratulations, Troy! He wins a one-year subscription to Birder's World and gear from Carl Zeiss...
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I'm happy to announce that subscriber Burt Stampfl of nearby Bristol, Wisconsin, was the winner of the drawing we conducted after our recent Readers' Favorites Survey about places to watch owls. Read more about our Readers' Favorites Surveys. See our readers' favorite places to watch eagles, warblers, hummingbirds, shorebirds, and hawks. Thanks to our generous friends at Nikon Sport Optics , Burt becomes the sixth lucky participant...
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Just in time, that's what our October 2010 issue is. Just in time for one of the most anticipated bird phenomena of the year: the annual, epic migration of hawks and other birds of prey across North America. The issue will go on newsstands on August 31. (Ask for it at your favorite birding shop or bookstore!) Subscribers can read it online right now. What's inside? Hawks! Readers' Favorites Places to Watch Hawks In the fifth installment...
Tags: Birder's World magazine, cover, David Sibley, Julie Craves, Readers' Favorites, Hotspots Near You, Since You Asked, Pete Dunne, Birder at Large, Kenn Kaufman, Paul Kerlinger, Eldon Greij
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Kalmbach Publishing Co., publisher of Birder's World, has agreed to purchase the assets of New York-based Discover Media LLC, including the award-winning science and technology magazine Discover and its website. Discover joins Kalmbach’s family of 16 other enthusiast and special-interest titles, including Astronomy , the world’s best-selling astronomy magazine. “We’ve taken another strategic step with Discover, a magazine with a solid editorial...
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Congratulations to Debbie Christie of Louisville, Kentucky! She told us that Taylorsville Lake State Park in Kentucky was her favorite place to watch hawks in our recent Readers' Favorites Survey, and we picked her name in the subsequent drawing. So thanks to our generous partner, Nikon Sport Optics , she will soon receive a pair of the new Nikon Monarch 8x42 binoculars . Debbie, a nurse who works long night shifts, told us she wished she had...
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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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