Birder at Large
Pete Dunne
Contributing Editor Pete Dunne is an expert birder, a gifted storyteller, a popular public speaker, and one of America's preeminent nature writers. His first article in Birder's World, the essay "Hawks and Feeders," appeared in June 1987. His wide-ranging column "Birder at Large" appears in every issue of the magazine.


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Why it’s best to watch the remarkable, surprising, and ­surprisingly fierce Osprey from a distance

By Pete Dunne
Published: June 25, 2010

Why seeing Cape May’s celebrated Ivory Gull couldn’t compare with the thrill of finding one certain Pileated Woodpecker

By Pete Dunne
Published: April 23, 2010
How an uncompromising, dyed-in-the-wool firebrand influenced countless hawkwatchers and helped save eagles and other birds
By Pete Dunne
Published: February 19, 2010

Why after 30 years, the hawkwatch and the dawn are still ­favorites

By Pete Dunne
Published: December 28, 2009
How a modest house on a typical street in an ordinary town ­produced the extraordinary Roger Tory Peterson and a question
By Pete Dunne
Published: October 23, 2009
How many birds did I find during the World Series? It all ­depends on whether you count the Savannah Sparrow
By Pete Dunne
Published: August 21, 2009
A generation gap is widening between young birders and the institutional heritage of birding
By Pete Dunne
Published: June 19, 2009
What's amazing about birds at airports is how often nothing happens - they do their thing while we do ours
By Pete Dunne
Published: April 24, 2009
To really understand Peterson, Sibley, and other field-guide ­artists, take a look through their binoculars
By Pete Dunne
Published: February 20, 2009
A search for caribou in Alaska turned up a wealth of Great Horned, Northern Hawk, Great Gray, and Boreal Owls
By Pete Dunne
Published: December 26, 2008
Given the right wind, time of year, and frame of mind, you can see wonders right from your own backyard
By Pete Dunne
Published: November 1, 2008
The best award bestowed at the 25th World Series was a glimpse of birding's future
By Pete Dunne
Published: September 1, 2008
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