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Eastern Phoebe nest (photo from Wikipedia)

Review: Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians

As I sit at my desk on a very rainy Syracuse morning, I’m beginning to feel excited – and impatient – about spring migration. It has started right? I don’t…

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Answers to the Crossley Raptor mystery plate

There were a total of 65 entries to the mystery raptor plate from the Crossley ID Guide: Raptors, but only two people got all the answers correct. The names were…

The Red-tailed Hawk plate from the new Crossley ID Guide: Raptors

Review – The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors

By now I am sure most birders have seen the Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds, with its unique plates loaded with color photographs of birds set against natural backgrounds. No…

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The Crossley Raptor ID Quiz

In anticipation of the new Crossley Raptor ID guide release, we have this photo ID quiz made by Richard Crossley. See how many you can identify, leave your answers in…

The Unfeathered Bird - cover

Review: The Unfeathered Bird

The Unfeathered Bird Katrina van Grouw 304 pp. | 10 x 12 Princeton University Press | 2012 The Unfeathered Bird is a new release from Princeton University Press that takes…

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New birding apps roundup

There is a constant flood of new apps available for iPhone, but it’s less common that one of these apps is for birding. Recently there has been a bunch of…

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An update to the Sibley eGuide app for iOS

Sibley eGuide to Birds of North America My Digital Earth $19.99 available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch his afternoon Andy McGann alerted me to the fact that The Sibley eGuide to…

Review: Audubon Birds field guide app for iOS

Audubon Birds with NatureShare Green Mountain Digital $16.99 available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch martphones, tablets and other internet-connected devices are becoming ubiquitous, and as more people start using these…

So you have a new iPad or iPhone and want to go birding….

f you were lucky enough to receive some type of Apple iOS device (iPad, iPad mini, iPhone or iPod touch) for Christmas, you are probably looking for some recommendations of…

Figure 1. Here is a comparison of both Atlases of Breeding Birds of Pennsylvania. Check out the cool artwork theme, both painted by Julie Zickefoose!

Review- Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania

y first field job was working as a point counter for the Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania. Not only did this give me a huge boost in my…

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