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Species profiles
Birds A – F
Albatrosses Petrels
Auks Gulls Terns
Barbets Toucans Woodpeckers
Bee-eaters Rollers Kingfishers
Cranes Rails Coots
Cuckoos Bustards Turacos
Doves Pigeons
Falcons, Caracaras & Seriemas
Flamingos Grebes Hoatzin
Flightless birds
Frigatebirds Boobies Cormorants
Birds G- Z
Guans Quail Pheasants
Hawks Eagles Vultures
Hornbills Hoopoes Storks Trogons
Hummingbirds Swifts Nightjars
Ibises Herons Pelicans
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Parrots Cockatoos
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Waterfowl
Songbirds
Basal Oscines & Passerida
Certhioid Oscines
Corvoid Oscines
Muscicapoid Oscines
New World & Old World Suboscines
Passeroid & Sylvioid Oscines
Birds
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Central America & Caribbean
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South America
North America Birding Tours
Baffin Island floe edge birding tour, May 25 – June 1, 2017
Churchill and Southern Manitoba birding tour – May 2017
Ultimate British Columbia – Boreal, Coast and Grasslands, May 27 – June 10, 2017
Alberta birding tour amid dinosaur fossil sites, May 22-31, 2017
Circumnavigation of Newfoundland birding voyage, June 5-15, 2017
Haida Gwaii birding voyage, June 6-15, 2017
Grand Newfoundland birdwatching tour, June 20 – July 1, 2017
Whales of Saint Lawrence birding voyage, June 25 – July 4, 2017
Canadian high Arctic birding tour, June 29 – July 9, 2017
Eagle-Eye Tours, 4 Canada birding tours, July 2017
Sable Island cruise, July 5-13, 2017
High Arctic wildlife and culture voyage, July 18-30, 2017
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Photography Workshops & Tours
Blain Harasymiw private photography tours and workshops
Svalbard Classic Photo Expedition, Aug 24 – Sept 3, 2017
Kenya best of the Mara migration photo safari, Sept 8-14, 2017
Ancient Nikko Samurai – Japan Photography Tour, Sept 12-19, 2017
Alaska fishing bears of Katmai photo tour, Sept 13-22, 2017
Japan Snow Monkey Photography Tour, Oct 10-20, 2017
Madagascar endemic wildlife photo tour, Oct 15-24, 2017
Nepal – Kathmandu Valley Photo Tour, Oct 17-23, 2017
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Birds of Africa
Lilac-breasted Roller – beautifully tough African predator
Africa’s Secretarybird – enigmatic nomad with lightning-fast, lethal kick
Great Egret symbol of conservation movement moving north
No escape: Eleonora’s Falcon nabs songbirds with ease
African scientists watch Bat Hawk gorge at Zambia cave opening
Invasive mussel helps African Oystercatcher rebound
Greater Kestrel energy-efficient predator of inhospitable Africa
European Bee-eater’s complex relationship with honeybees
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Peacefully observing birds in their natural habitats will give you a unique feeling of joy.
April – June Birding Festivals
Southwest Wings Birding Festival (spring), Arizona
Great Louisiana BirdFest
Godwit Days, California
Olympic Peninsula BirdFest, Washington
Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival, Louisiana
Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival, Arizona
Balcones Songbird Festival, Texas
Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival, Virginia
Stikine River Birding Festival, Alaska
Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival, Texas
New River Birding & Nature Festival, West Virginia
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
Ute Mt. Mesa Verde Birding Festival, Colorado
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, Alaska
Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, Utah
Northwoods Birding Festival, Wisconsin
Tawas Point Birding Festival, Michigan
Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds, Minnesota
South Dakota Birding Festival
Door Islands Bird Festival, Wisconsin
Acadia Birding Festival, Maine
Turtle Mountain Birding Festival, North Dakota
Adirondack Birding Festival, New York
Birds of South America
Peru’s Top-13 Beautiful Birds
Great Egret symbol of conservation movement moving north
Ruddy-headed Goose exterminated in Argentina, flourish on Falklands
Swallow Tanager ‘lenticular’ feathers dazzling blue, camouflaged green
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Birding tour company discounts available in dozens of countries
Birds of Oceania
Jokingly dubbed ‘Booby’ by Capt Bligh’s crew, Masked Boobies are not stupid
Bird lovers “adopt” Great Hornbill nests, they don’t adopt our nest boxes
Spotted Pardolote – Australia’s pretty pipsqueak – uses bifocal vision
Lumbering Galapagos tortoises help ocean-soaring Waved Albatross
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Birding changes your perspective and benefits the communities you visit.
Birds of North America
Volunteers clean up Anacostia River near U.S. White House and Ospreys return
Atlantic Puffin’s wing – amazing innovation of a glamour species
Q: What’s worse for migratory songbirds – hurricanes or deer?
American Black Oystercatcher rebounding thanks to dedicated group
Great Egret symbol of conservation movement moving north
Greater Sage-grouse winter feast, year-round ‘habitat fracking’ struggle
Secret life of Black-headed Grosbeak revealed – Mexican molting vacation
Fickle Lark Bunting females keep males guessing on sexy colors
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Birds of Asia
Bird lovers “adopt” Great Hornbill nests, they don’t adopt our nest boxes
Great Egret symbol of conservation movement moving north
Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird adapted to curved flowers, bitter nectars
Non-kin communal nests of Taiwan Yuhina don’t fit evolution model
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Birds of Europe
Atlantic Puffin’s wing – amazing innovation of a glamour species
Aquatic Warbler, Bison & ancient oaks get boost in Belarus
No escape: Eleonora’s Falcon nabs songbirds with ease
Blue Tit sees world & self much better than we do
Courting Male Great Bustard: Sex, Lies & Poison Beetles
One of world’s smartest animals, Eurasian Magpie uses iridescent signals
European Bee-eater’s complex relationship with honeybees
White-throated Dipper – Europe’s avian climate-change barometer
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