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Adventure Planning When you talk to a birder who has seen a Black Rosy-Finch you’ll likely hear a story about a nomadic winter bird at a feeding station in a mountainous area (often with other rosy-finch species). Indeed that is … Continued
It’s a familiar feeling for those who love birds. That extra gravitational tug that a truly special species can create. It’s a force that results in a slightly unreasonable cycle of planning, dreaming, strategizing, hoping, and still more dreaming. One … Continued
Several years ago, we at BirdsInFocus.com made an internal commitment to synchronize our website’s taxonomy with the annually updated eBird/Clements Checklist. This has allowed us to stay as current as possible, for every bird species in the world, on the nomenclature now used by … Continued
Sometimes you just stumble into a great story through photography. That was the case back on February 16, 2014 when I traveled to the west coast of Florida to one of my favorite shorebird photography spots. Bunche Beach is well … Continued
On October 2, 2014, in Queensland, Australia, BirdsInFocus reached a new milestone with 1,500 species. These photographs of Southern Cassowary were taken at Cassowary House, a private lodge nestled in dense rainforest near Kuranda. At the owners’ house, a variety of … Continued
As the first light of 2015 dawned in Miami I was on the hunt for the rare Key West Quail-Dove. The name is deceiving. Despite being named for the nearby city of Key West, the bird has not been common in … Continued
While developing my interest in birds, I would often thumb through an old 2nd edition Peterson’s field guide. Certain species leapt off the pages. Their colors or shapes were too fantastical to ignore. Those would become “must see” birds that I would pursue … Continued
Surreal. That’s the only way to describe the haunting flight song that filled the crisp arctic air before me. The warbling notes steadily ascended and then descended, with musical twists and turns along the way. My eyes excitedly danced around … Continued
(A friendly competition between good friends Bob Gress and David Seibel, told from Bob’s perspective) Part 1: The Story of Three Bad Photos I’m not even sure anymore when the Black Rail became my photographic nemesis. It entered my consciousness … Continued