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Guides for North America
Kentucky Bird Watching
Birding Kentucky As a landlocked state Kentucky is not blessed with the diversity of birdlife that coastal areas offer. Nonetheless, its placement…
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…
10 Highlight Birds of Iowa
1. American White Pelican American white pelican, photo by Alan D. Wilson / Wikimedia Commons. High above a…
Texas Bird Watching
Birding Texas The second-largest U.S. state boasts a whopping 639 bird species, and perhaps the hottest birding hot spot in North America:…
Rhode Island Bird Watching
Birding Rhode Island It’s the smallest state in the Union, but Rhode Island still boasts 384 miles of tidal shoreline along the…
Ten Great Tennessee Bird Watching Spots
1. Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge, Obion County Earthquakes along the New Madrid fault in the winter of 1811-1812 changed the course of…
Missouri Bird Watching
Birding Missouri Welcome to Missouri, the “Show me State,” and to a great range of birding opportunities. Few states offer the wide…
Ecoregions of Iowa
For the purpose of describing wildlife habitat, the Wildlife Diversity Program of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) divides Iowa into…
Florida Birding by Season: Spring
Spring Birds of Florida (March, April, May) The spring season is a time of great change in Florida. Because of its southerly…
International Guides
Birding Magic: Ecuador
It’s peaceful here but really loud: birds calling all around, a russet-crowned warbler here, a slaty antwren there, and the creeks running…
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!…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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