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By Wendy Clark on January 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

On the Road Again: Florida-Bound

When I was growing up in landlocked Tennessee, our family spent summers in Florida. Our annual pilgrimage to the Sunshine State involved loading up the Country Squire “Woody” Station Wagon to the hilt with beach towels, bathing suits, pots and pans, cooking spices, and groceries. I felt a “Lewis & Clark” kind of pioneering adventure… Read more »

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By BWD Staff on January 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

A Tale of Two CBCs

Audubon’s long-standing tradition of Christmas Bird Counts are conducted each year between December 14 and January 5, and this season marked the 121st annual CBC! BWD editors Dawn Hewitt and Jessica Melfi participated in different counts on January 2, and here they share their very different—but equally memorable—experiences. The Thrills of Christmas Bird Counts by Dawn Hewitt Oh,… Read more »

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By Bruce Wunderlich on January 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s BirdTography: A Year in Review

With nearly all in-person birding festivals canceled and some of my favorite hotspots closed due to the pandemic, 2020 was a challenging year to find birds to photograph. Since March, I have been working from home. As a result, I’ve spent many lunch breaks and more early evening hours than normal in my backyard, and… Read more »

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By Wendy Clark on December 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Blue Sky Wildlife: A Cure for the ‘Birding Travel Blues’

Are you suffering from the “birding travel blues”? If you’re like me, you’re at home today daydreaming about distant lands and glorious life birds! Although our ability to travel this year has been hampered by COVID-19, birding and wildlife tours are gaining traction in the year ahead with birders who are eager to “get back out there.” While… Read more »

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By BWD Staff on December 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

Everyone’s a Winner on #GreenFriday!

We asked, and you all answered—thank you to everyone who responded to our call to celebrate a Green Friday the day after Thanksgiving! You will see in the gallery below some of the marvelous pictures our Facebook fans shared with us. Look at all those happy faces enjoying fresh air and nature, everywhere from their… Read more »

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By Kelly Ball on November 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

Understanding “Owl Hours of Operation”

We birders have long appreciated and understood the benefits of communing with nature for our bodies and our minds—not to mention our life lists. During this past year, in search of socially distant opportunities for fresh air and recreation, others increasingly are finding their Zen at local parks. Birding’s concurrent rise in popularity—an inherently socially… Read more »

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By Wendy Clark on November 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

Reader Rendezvous: Reflecting, Regrouping, and Reviving

I’ll never forget the first conversation Bill Thompson, III, and I had about Reader Rendezvous. We had spent a week at the British Birdfair followed by some holiday time in England with good friends. As we were nestling down in our seats for the seven-hour return flight ahead, he said, “Hey, Wen, what do you… Read more »

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By Jessica Melfi on November 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

Cemetery Birding

I have always enjoyed roaming old cemeteries, pondering over the names and dates and symbols on the gravestones, and since taking up birding, I doubly enjoy visiting them. I’m fortunate to live in a city that has a 360-acre historic graveyard that is also designated an Important Bird Area. Greenlawn Cemetery, founded in 1848, is… Read more »

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By Bruce Wunderlich on November 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: Rainy Day Surprise

It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was interested in doing some “birdtography.” My aim was to find some LBJs (little brown jobs, aka sparrows). Determined not to let a little rain stop me, I grabbed my camera and headed to the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, where LBJs have been reliable and abundant… Read more »

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By Bruce Wunderlich on October 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

Join Bruce on a BirdTography Trip in 2021!

You may have seen my photos on the pages of Bird Watcher’s Digest and Watching Backyard Birds. For the past three-plus years, I have been the production director and a contributing photographer to BWD. But my interest in bird photography, aka birdtography, began long ago. Since high school I have been interested in photography, and… Read more »

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