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Spring has come and birds are on the move. Many summer birds are yet to appear; April will be the peak month of arrivals. Some species, however, conduct their travels on a slightly earlier schedule and are already arriving in Marin after their journeys from the south. The most notable of our March arrivals are […]
I often talk about the most common birds that anyone can see around the neighborhood on any day of the week. Many serious birders, in contrast, live for the rarities, the uncommon and exciting. But there is also an intermediate category of birds that is easily overlooked: the birds that are not “everyday” birds, but […]
I often talk about the most common birds that anyone can see around the neighborhood on any day of the week. Many serious birders, in contrast, live for the rarities, the uncommon and exciting. But there is also an intermediate category of birds that is easily overlooked: the birds that are not “everyday” birds, but […]
Earlier this year, I wrote a column intended to appeal to a bird-curious, 8-year-old boy such as I once was: which are the fastest birds? It occurs to me now that there is another way of looking at birds that has a similarly straightforward appeal: what are the biggest birds we have in Marin? NBA […]