It’s “must” season for birders, when you must join in, must count, must donate… But the only thing you MUST do is be your own birder.
To Count or Not: The Mandarin Duck
You’ve heard about the Mandarin duck in Central Park – but should it count as a lifer? Learn where I got my lifer Mandarin duck and why it counted, and whether or not the NYC duck should count.
Why My Life List Isn’t Longer
When I’ve been birding for 10+ years, on different continents, even lived in hotspots in vastly different areas of the country… Why isn’t my life list longer? Learn how I count birds, and why the way each of us counts birds is a key part of how we are our own birders.
A Birding Step Forward in Education
Education is a universal truth of birding, and this is one way I’ve been educating myself not only to be a better birder, but to better bring birding to others.
The Universal Truths of Birding – Education
We are all birders in different ways, and this last of the three universal truths of birding brings all the essentials of being a birder together. Learn what education really means if you’re a birder!
Unexpected Sunshine
Unusual yellow birds can be a spot of sunshine in your birding life, but what is a xanthochroistic bird and what birds show this unusual coloration?