In my review of Pete Dunne’s Essential Field Guide Companion I state that it belongs in the library of every North American birder. I just want to share a quick scenario that illustrates just how essential this guide really is.
Suppose you’re in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in late fall, and you hear [...]
Archive for November, 2008
by Anthony J. Gaston
An exploration of the ecology of seabirds, especially how and why they are so different from landbirds.
Awesome. There’s no better word to describe a birder’s experience at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. Of course the birds are great - where else can you see White-collared Seedeater, Ferruginous Pygmy-owl, Green Parakeet, Green Jay, and many, many others? But there was also the Birder’s Bazaar, a huge area where dealers, organizations, optics [...]
