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Guides for North America
Birding the Midwest and the Great Plains
From the Great Plains to the Great Lakes, the birding in the center of North America is sensational all year long. Think…
Theodore Roosevelt National Park: North Dakota’s Hidden Gem
In September 1883, a tired and dispirited young man stepped off a westbound train into the tiny hamlet of Medora in the…
Far Afield: East to Oklahoma and Arkansas
Thursday, May 7, 1987, 7:00 a.m. PDT. Joan Lentz, author, fellow birder, and the only person I know crazy enough to trek…
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…
Birds of Mississippi: Winter
Winter Birds of Mississippi (December, January, February) December: As the bird-watching year comes near to full-circle, bird watching gets a fresh breath…
Birding Kentucky’s Historic Wilderness Road
When you amble along the Wilderness Road in eastern Kentucky, that primitive track blazed by early American pioneers through the Appalachian Range,…
New York Bird Watching
Birding New York Even though—or perhaps because — it is next door to New York City, Long Island is the State of…
Top Texas Birding Spots
Sam Houston National Forest Here is the state’s largest concentration of red-cockaded woodpeckers (156 breeding clusters). Brown-headed nuthatches and Bachman’s sparrows are…
South Carolina Birding by Season: Fall
Fall birds of South Carolina (September, October, November) Fall is a season of active bird migration in South Carolina. Much of this…
International Guides
Birding in Argentina
Argentina Travel Links In episode #46 of This Birding Life, Bird Watcher’s Digest editor Bill Thompson, III, interviews birders who took part…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 motmots. Step out onto the porch of your cabin and…
Birding Australia: Spring in the Land Down Under
Introduction For an American, birding in Western Australia (WA) requires some mental gymnastics. Spring in “the land down under” occurs during North…
Birding Honduras: A Riot of Beauty, a Gift Bag of Birds and Mysterious Landscapes
Birding and Beyond I came here to bird watch, but it is the people who fascinate me. Coming here is a trip…
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