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Guides for North America
Introduction to Bird Watching in Virginia
Virginians take pride in their history, a long and rich tradition going back to the first English settlement at Jamestown in 1607. …
Ten Bird Watching Hotspots in Michigan
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory 16914 N. Whitefish Point Rd. Paradise, MI 49768 (906) 492-3596 www.wpbo.org Located in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, the…
Ecoregions of Virginia
Although many geologists divide Virginia into five provinces, for ornithological purposes usually three regions are designated: Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountains (geologists…
Ecoregions of Tennessee
Tennessee is diverse in physiography, vegetation, and habitat type. For bird monitoring and reporting purposes the state is divided into four regions….
Birding Alberta
Although it is the westernmost of Canada’s prairie provinces, southwestern Alberta claims a chunk of the Rocky Mountains, including some of the…
Washington’s Fir Island Farms Reserve: A Viewing Site to Add to the Map
Perhaps not yet on most birders’ maps, Fir Island Farms State Fish and Wildlife Reserve, a unit of Skagit Wildlife Area in…
Blackwater River State Park, Florida
A rare sand bottom river, longleaf pines, and red-cockaded woodpeckers. Located within the premier state forest of Florida with the same name,…
Eagle Watching Along Wyoming’s North Platte River
Here in Wyoming, known both to Indian and white man as the “edge of the plains,” the ground bumps and bulges, molding…
Birding Northwest USA
Tall trees, crisp air, snow-capped mountains—few places in the Lower 48 States conjure such images of wilderness as the Northwest. Here you…
International Guides
Budget Birding in Panama
Far Afield: Panama “I wish I had a tape recorder,” my husband remarked as we climbed the spiral walkway of the observation…
The Discovery That Led to the Creation of Jocotoco
In November 1997, an incredible finding ignited a conservation movement. Twenty years later, its founders retell their stories and motivations. The coronation…
Travel Allows for Better Birding
The Travel Mindset Tikal, Guatemala: Travel in the late 1980s was a different experience than the beaten path that exists now. Jolting…
Bird Watching in the Amazing Amazon Basin and Grand Galapagos Islands
My bucket list is full of places my husband, Mike, and I want to visit. We know we’ll never complete the list,…
Birding in Ecuador: An Overview
Birding in Ecuador Biodiversity is concentrated in Ecuador, one of the birdiest countries in the world. Although slightly smaller than Nevada, 1,638…
International Birding
About 1,000 bird species reside or have been documented in North America, but there are roughly 10,000 bird species in the world!…
Birding in the Galapagos Islands
Bird Watching in the Amazing Amazon Basin and Grand Galapagos Islands My bucket list is full of places my husband, Mike, and…
Guyana: Journey to the Lungs of the Earth
It is a dreadful task to try to condense more than 25,000 words of my writings on Guyana into a 2,000-word article….
Trinidad & Tobago
Introduction to the Neotropics—a Winter Trip to Trinidad and Tobago Introduction Wake up to the calls of barred antshrikes, ferruginous pygmy-owls, blue-crowned…
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