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Barn Swallow Why do birders continue to go out in all sorts of weather, spending all sorts of money, and traveling all sorts of miles so...

Red-winged Blackbird When it's May in Louisville, everyone's thoughts turn to horse racing and mint juleps. This year, it rained...

When I think of the tropics, birds come first to mind, of course. But I expect to see  many other kinds of animals as well. People come to...

Great Egret One day, we drove to a nearby university which had a large lake on the campus. A lake was filled with both familiar and unfa...

Brown Jay Even in Costa Rica, we were able to find some familiar birds, and it made me feel more confident as a birder to identify a Bal...