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BIRD WATCH: Size, silhouette and all that slang
WHEN YOU TRAVEL to different countries or different places in this country, it’s easy to pick up local…
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BIRD WATCH: Halloween heralds owl sightings on Peninsula
THE MORNING PHONE call was one of those surprises that rouses your curiosity.
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BIRD WATCH: Welcome waxwings unique in both voice, appearance
THE SOUND COMING from somewhere on the outside of the house was one homeowners never want to hear.
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CARSON BIRDING: Brush up on gull identification to stave off confusion
“YOUR GULLS COULD eat ours!”
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BIRD WATCH: Mysteries of migration produce surprise visitors
WHEN A GOOD friend arrives and it has been several months since you last saw them, it’s a…
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BIRD WATCH: Predators provide glimpse of nature in the raw
STRANGE SOUNDS IN the walls or the attic are never good sounds, especially at this time of the…
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BIRD WATCH: Expecting the unexpected with our local visitors
THE SOUND IN the garden was as pleasant as 10 fingers scratching their nails on a chalkboard. It…
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BIRD WATCH: Texas birding makes for lasting memories
I LOVE TEXAS. I’ve considered it special ever since childhood.
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BIRD WATCH: Kingfishers carry their dogfights into yard’s territory
THE YARD HAD gone totally quiet. There wasn’t a breath of air.
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BIRD WATCH: Tough to pick a favorite of the season
THERE ARE ALWAYS birds that seem to go with a particular season in the way some plants and…
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BIRD WATCH: Species’ introduction heralds change for non-native country
THE IRRITATION SOME experience when a crowing rooster greets the dawn is being directed at another avian vocalist.
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BIRD WATCH: Water provides the action for bird activity
I HOPE EVERYONE reading this has a birdbath in their yard or in another spot where it can…
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BIRD WATCH: Bumper crop of luscious plums prompts orgy-like antics
BEFORE REFERRING TO something taking place in my garden, I thought it prudent to see Webster’s definition of…
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BIRD WATCH: ‘Inland Sea’ ideal and easy place to enjoy birding
SOMETHING ABOUT THE lone gull perched on top of the ferry landing’s dolphin was different.
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BIRD WATCH: Water brings many bird sightings
THANKS TO OUR cold, wet spring, the weeds took over various parts of the yard.
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BIRD WATCH: Sunbathing birds can turn heads
THE PICTURE WASN’T very clear but the description that went with it was.
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BIRD WATCH: Growing numbers of osprey indicative of better habitat, food availability
NEWLY FLEDGED BIRDS mean more and more action from late spring to midsummer.
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BIRD WATCH: A history of the bothersome house sparrow
“OH, THAT’S A pretty little bird! I wonder what it is.”
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BIRD WATCH: Attention, birding hikers: We need your help
IF THERE WERE more serious hikers who were also serious birders, we would have better data on the…