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10000birds.com /1 week ago

Four Questions Birders Are Constantly Asked

Birders (and even more so bird photographers) are used to being asked questions. Here are four of the most common ones.1. “Why don’t you just use your phone camera?” This question...

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10000birds.com /1 month ago

Ask a Bird Guide: What is the hardest bird you regularly try to show—and why?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the third edition of this second series, we ask What is the hardest bird you...

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10000birds.com /1 month ago

Ask a Bird Guide: What is the least obvious trick that actually works when finding birds?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the second edition of this second series, we ask What is the least obvious t...

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10000birds.com /1 week ago

Ask a Bird Guide: In your area, what is the general attitude toward birds among local people?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the ninth edition of this second series, we ask In your area, what is the ge...

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10000birds.com /2 weeks ago

5 Things Birders See Differently

6:00 a.m. To a birder: already late—the best light and most active period are already underway. To a non-birder: a time that should not normally involve consciousness. “Just a shor...

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10000birds.com /3 weeks ago

Ask a Bird Guide: Which bird in your area is most overrated?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the seventh edition of this second series, we ask Which bird in your area is...

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10000birds.com /2 weeks ago

Interviews with 10,000 Birds Writers: Pablo Lewis

Who are our writers, and why do they contribute to the site without pay and with no real benefits? We thought they deserved a proper introduction, so we started this series to find...

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10000birds.com /2 weeks ago

Ask a Bird Guide: Has birding changed for the better or worse in recent years?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the eighth edition of this second series, we ask Has birding changed for the...

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10000birds.com /4 weeks ago

Ask a Bird Guide: What still surprises you about birds?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the sixth edition of this second series, we ask What still surprises you abo...

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10000birds.com /1 day ago

Interview with Anders Hundebol, Developer of the Birdey bird ID game

About the Interviewee Anders Hundebøl is a birder and solo developer from Denmark. He came to birding only 5-6 years ago, and it took over quickly. Birdey began as a selfish little...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Voices and Vocabularies – Eastern Bluebirds

A male Eastern Bluebird stands on a wooden nestbox attached to a fence post. The bluebird’s song – and his alert presence - assert his claim to this territory. In the mid-20th Cent...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Banding Birds in South Baltimore

Masonville Cove in South Baltimore is a special place to study birds. Once a dumping ground for sediment dredged from the Baltimore Harbor, the Cove is now a popular urban wildlife...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Urban Birding with Deja Perkins

In this episode, urban ecologist Deja Perkins talks about how many bird species live right within bustling cities. Whether you’re on your porch, at your local park, or the parking...

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10000birds.com /1 month ago

Interviews with 10,000 Birds Writers: David Tomlinson

I’ve been interested in wildlife in general, and birds in particular, for as long as I can recall. At the age of five, I acquired my first bird book, The Observers’ Book of Birds,...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Baby Birds — Leave Them Alone

Just because a young bird appears to be alone – whether on the ground or squawking loudly from a bush or tree – doesn't necessarily mean it is sick or injured. In June, young birds...

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birdnote.org /2 days ago

Spark Bird: Adriaan Dokter And The Common Swift

Adriaan Dokter is an aerial ecologist who designs tools to study how birds migrate. On the Bring Birds Back podcast, Adriaan traces his fascination with flight back to an early exp...

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askamanager.org /1 month ago

my window has become the bird-watching window

A reader writes: I have an odd dilemma that I have no idea what to do about. I started a new job recently and my cubicle has a really nice large window that looks out into the side...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Olive-sided Flycatcher

What a comfort it would be if every bird song were as easy to recognize — and remember — as that of this Olive-sided Flycatcher. Some people think it sounds like "quick-THREE-beers...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Binoculars 101

A decent pair of binoculars can considerably enhance your enjoyment of birds. In this episode, birder and naturalist Dara Miles Wilson shares a crash course on how to use binocular...

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10000birds.com /20 hours ago

Ask a Bird Guide: If birds disappeared tomorrow, what would you do instead?

We sent out another list of questions to bird guides who have already been profiled on 10,000 Birds. In the tenth edition of this second series, we ask If birds disappeared tomorro...

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10000birds.com /1 month ago

Birding Brochure English, Part 12: Connect with.

In bird-tour brochures, “connect with” occupies a curious middle ground between “observe clearly through a telescope” and “the guide heard something deep in the forest and assures...

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birdnote.org /2 weeks ago

Birding 101: Bird Sound Vocabulary

Bird voices can vary tremendously. Learning to describe how a bird sounds will make it easier to figure out who’s singing. This episode shares a few common terms to start birding b...

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10000birds.com /1 month ago

Bird Guides of the World: Kyle Gebhart, Lafayette, IN, USA

What is your favorite bird species? Ever since I first saw it at the Sax Zim Bog years ago, the Great Gray Owl has been my absolute favorite bird. Owls have always fascinated me, a...

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birdnote.org /1 month ago

Music of a City Lake

A city lake is one of the most prized places in a fast, growing environment. It’s also often difficult to distinguish all of the bird calls from each other. With a splash of a beak...

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