Skywatch Friday Haiku

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Pink curtain of night blue-black waters lapping, hide things beautiful, strange —Speyside, Tobago 7.25.09

Asa Wright: Toast For Breakfast

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Relaxed tropical birding from the Asa Wright verandah. As dawn arrives in the Arima Valley of Trinidad, the birds are the first ones to stir...

Flying Home from Trini

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As you read this I am in the air somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean (or perhaps over the good old USA), flying home from Trinidad and Tobago....

The Birthday Chimp Self-Actualizes

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Julie Zickefoose with a hatchling leatherback turtle Today, July 24, is Julie Zickefoose's birthday. Last night, in a full-on assault o...

Ooh, I Hear Lapwings in the Rain

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Neil Sedaka never sang a song about hearing lapwings in the rain, but he should have. I heard this southern lapwing yesterday afternoon—in t...

A Jacobin in Trinidad

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White-necked jacobin, male. We spent the day birding around the Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad. One of the very first birds seen well...

Trouble Focusing

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Is this what they mean when they say "You're not seeing the daisies for the trees"? And who IS "they" anyway? And wh...

Turtles in the Road

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June and July are the busiest months of the year for box turtles. Here in SE Ohio any morning following an evening rain I know I'm going...

Clawing at the Dirt

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This morning I woke up, shook off the night, grabbed my cup of coffee, and went outside to scratch in the dirt. I had an urge to do this, yo...

Get Your Duck Stamp On!

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The ad above is a public service announcement aimed at encouraging more bird watchers to purchase Federal Duck Stamps. A bunch of conservati...

Phoebe: My Favorite Bird

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This is a tribute to my favorite little bird and the sweetest daughter a Dad could ever have: Phoebe Linnea Thompson. Phoebe turns 13 today—...

Recalling the Green-headed Tanager

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What a week this has been! Between the deadlines, headlines, equipment malfunctions, wardrobe malfunctions, poisonous snakes, stepped-on rak...

Midwest Birding Symposium: Now with 100% More Sibley!

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Breaking news from The Midwest Birding Symposium ! Field guide author/illustrator David Sibley has been added as a speaker on Friday night,...

Leaving Town for Mr. McCown

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The view from the special birding spot. The second half of my family's recent trip out West was spent in Montana, a lifer state for me. ...

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