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Favorite hawk-migration hotspots are scattered from coast to coast, but Cape May tops the list
By Matt Mendenhall
Published: August 20, 2010 |
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One of the most popular birdwatching sites in the country is also the most popular for shorebirds
By Matt Mendenhall
Published: June 25, 2010 |
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Brilliantly colored hummingbirds can be found from coast to coast, but your favorite hotspots are in Arizona
By Matt Mendenhall
Published: April 23, 2010 |
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Migratory stopovers across North America provide great warbler watching, but two peninsulas pointing south are clear favorites
By Matt Mendenhall
Published: February 19, 2010 |
 | You’ll find spoonbills, ibises, whistling-ducks, warblers, and lots of other great birds at Red Slough, the Sooner State’s premier hotspot
By Gary Lantz
Published: February 19, 2010 |
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A research biologist walks the open spaces of Arctic NWR in search of the loons, jaegers, sandpipers, redpolls, and other birds that fill it with abundant life
By David Shaw
Published: December 28, 2009 |
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Birders revel in majestic eagles in every state and province, but the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska especially, are clear favorites
By Matt Mendenhall
Published: December 28, 2009 |
 | Waystation for spring migrants and home of Brown Noddies, Dry Tortugas National Park is one of the top birding destinations in the United States By Steve Betchkal
Published: October 23, 2009 |
 | Birdwatching in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, just a short drive from the world-famous hawkwatches at Cardel and Chichicaxtle By Carole Griffiths, Devin Griffiths
Published: August 21, 2009 |
 | Two centuries after the birth of ornithologist and explorer John Kirk Townsend, his western path still beckons
By Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns
Published: June 19, 2009 |
 | Just a few hours south of Brownsville, you can find White-crowned Parrot, Black-headed Saltator, Flame-colored Tanager, and other tropical treasures By Gary Clark
Published: April 24, 2009 |
 | The Isles of Shoals host the biggest and most productive tern colony in the Gulf of Maine By Jonathon Woolf
Published: April 24, 2009 |
 | Altitude is everything in Brazil's magnificent Atlantic Rainforest By Octavio Campos Salles
Published: February 20, 2009 |
 | STA 5 is one of the best birding spots in all of South Florida By Mark Kiser, Selena Kiser
Published: February 20, 2009 |
 | Located at the midpoint of a flyway and between two great refuges, Great Bend, Kansas, is the perfect place to shake a case of the winter blues By Chuck Hagner
Published: December 26, 2008 |
 | Parrots, peacocks, and other exotic birds make Miami the best city in the America to look for lovelies you can't count By Mark Hedden
Published: November 1, 2008 |
 | The most powerful earthquake in American history did more than lift the USS Coldbrook from a watery grave -- it turned tiny Middleton Island into an oystercatcher hotspot
By Brian Guzzetti
Published: October 25, 2008 |
 | Birds of prey may be reluctant to fly over open water -- but that doesn't mean they don't By Mark Hedden
Published: August 22, 2008 |
 | Hazel Bazemore Park hosts the largest concentration of migrating raptors in the United States By Joel Simon
Published: August 22, 2008 |
 | Saving grasslands, producing waterfowl, and creating birding gems, the Small Wetlands Program may be the best reason yet to buy a Duck Stamp By Paul Baicich, Warren Strobel
Published: July 11, 2008 |
 | To add Black Swift to your life list, all you have to do is look behind the right waterfall By Steve Betchkal
Published: June 20, 2008 |
 | Participants in the Jocotoco Birdathon did more than find one of the world's rarest birds - they helped preserve the global epicenter of biodiversity By Craig Thompson
Published: May 1, 2008 |
 | City Park remains the best birding spot in New Orleans -- even after Hurricane Katrina By Dan Purrington
Published: April 25, 2008 |
 | A lighthouse keeper on a disputed island records an extraordinary gathering of spring migrants
Published: March 1, 2008 |
 | Birders are just starting to discover the wild beauty and unspoiled abundance of Alaska's Yukon Delta refuge By Jim Williams, Paul Baicich
Published: February 22, 2008 |
 | Beautiful, surprising Uganda shelters some of the most important bird areas in East Africa By Chuck Hagner
Published: December 21, 2007 |
 | The heart of the Everglades is the best place in America to find our pinkest, most flamboyant bird By Bob Showler
Published: December 21, 2007 |
 | Manhattan's island of green is the place to see songbirds in spring, hawks in fall, owls and woodpeckers in winter, and the most famous Red-tailed Hawk in the world By Geoffrey LeBaron
Published: October 18, 2007 |
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