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Scouting Day 2: How to Scout for Warblers in New Jersey
A good warbler day can add upwards of 20 species to a team's total—so it's important to have a plan.Resident warblers sing from territories in Belleplain State Forest, where the mountain laurel is just...
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World Series results: Epic day of migration finds Cornell Lab teams at front...
Two members of Team Redhead went the extra mile and dyed their hair for the competition. Clockwise from left: Hope Batcheller, Brendan Fogarty, Jack Hruska, Eric Gulson, Ben Barkley.The Anti-Petrels in...
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What’s It Like to Find 264 Species in One Big Day? [video]
Related StoriesHere’s a Scout Week Peek at Our 2014 Big Day Route Through the SouthwestBirding by NightFast Forward Through a 264-Species Birding Big DayTeam Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species...
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Migration Forecasts Help Birders Target Best Date for a Big Day
Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Chris Wood. Cerulean Warbler by Chris Wood.Scarlet Tanager by Chris Wood.Kentucky Warbler by Chris Wood.Magnolia Warbler by Chris Wood.PreviousNext As Team Sapsucker prepares...
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Texas Big Day Looking “Very, Very Good,” Starting at Midnight
Related StoriesBig Day Forecast—Fair South Winds, With a Good Chance of BirdsBig Day scouting report: Heating up in TexasTeam Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species on Big Day 2014Team Sapsucker...
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294 Species and One Shattered Record on “Almost Perfect” Big Day
Scenes from the High Island migrant fallout: Scarlet Tanager by Tom Johnson.Hooded Warbler by Tom Johnson. Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Tom Johnson.Black-throated Green Warbler by Tom Johnson.Orchard...
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Scouting Report: Students of Team Redhead Prepare for World Series of Birding
Team Redhead 2013: co-captains Ben Barkley and Andy Johnson; Teresa Pegan, Jack Hruska, and Benjamin Van Doren.Ben Barkley and Teresa Pegan scout for breeding forest songbirds—here watching a brilliant...
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Student World Series Team Wins Cape May County With 166 Species
Imagine standing in a marsh at night with the rain pouring down and wind blowing through the tall grass, masking all other sounds. Imagine standing there for 20 minutes and not hearing a single bird....
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Here’s a Scout Week Peek at Our 2014 Big Day Route Through the Southwest
The team will also look for migrants like Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Photo by Bill Thompson via Birdshare.The Neotropic Cormorant has recently extended its range into the Sapsuckers' Big Day route.Big Day...
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Team Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species on Big Day 2014
Celebrating an Olive-sided Flycatcher in California.An all-smiles Team Sapsucker rolls on through their Big Day.At each stop, everyone piles out of the car and starts to scan.Elf Owl was bird #3 of the...
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