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Georgia Offshore Gulf Stream Pelagic!
3/5 Brown Boobies on Navy Tower R5 I recently had the amazing opportunity to go on an offshore pelagic trip from St. Mary’s, Georgia. This was one of the longest trips into the Atlantic ever made by...
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Gear Reviews: Vortex Nomad and Razor HD
Rather than talk about just one type of spotting scope from Vortex, we decided to talk about both ranges of the budget. In this post we cover the bottom and top of the budget range. We hope to cover...
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Help Support Bird Research: Jekyll Island Banding Station
Western Palm Warbler Located near Brunswick, GA Jekyll Island is a very popular hotspot among birders. If you plan on coming to the Georgia coast for a birding trip, Jekyll Island is a must. Even when...
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Why Local Birding is as Fun as Chasing
A sweet bird like this Veery could be hanging out in your backyard! When we think of exciting birding we often think of exciting chases that consist of rare birds that are hours away. What if I were...
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Tough ID’s: Chipping vs Clay-colored Sparrow
Can you identify this Sparrow? With Sparrow season upon the U.S. it is always a good idea to refresh our memory on Sparrows. Although as time goes on we get better at identifying these LBJ’s (little...
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Interesting Facts About Chestnut-backed Chickadees
Chestnut backed Chickadee(Poecile rufescens) “You can cage a bird, but you cannot make him sing.” (French Jewish Proverb) Photo-Credit Among the winter tenants in the Bay Area you can find the...
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Why Are More Rarities Seen in Winter Than Other Times of the Year?
Black Phoebe Why are more rare birds found in Winter than other times during the year? Spring and Fall are both well birded, so why does Winter claim so many discovered rarities? During the...
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Rusty Blackbird Migration Blitz: Help Wanted!
Rusty Blackbird (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Rusty Blackbird population is currently experiencing a decline worse than any previously common land-bird in history. We have made a lot of progress in...
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Georgia Big Year 2014 First Update (JM)
Bonaparte’s Gulls At the beginning of the year a discussion started up in my Young Birders of Georgia Facebook group about doing a GA big year. No one really wanted to make an attempt at the record...
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Tough ID Tuesday's Week #1: Arctic Tern vs Common Tern
Common Tern We have published a handful of tough identification posts in the past. Tough ID Tuesdays is a new initiative of ours to write a new tough ID post every week! I wish for these posts to be...
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