Corey Arnold

Birding Without Borders

Follow our intrepid correspondent as he sets a new Big Year world record.
 

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Noah's view of a group of Piapiacs near a papyrus swamp.
Day 242: Papyrus Swamp
August 30, 2015 — Stalking the Papyrus Gonolek and coming up empty.
Birding Without Borders
A Shoebill lurks in the Mabamba Swamp near Entebbe.
Day 241: The Shoebill
August 29, 2015 — An encounter with one of nature’s weirdest creatures.
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Day 240: Not Quite Zero
August 28, 2015 — A high-speed blowout punctuates a day that offers a single new bird.
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Day 238: Conservation and Peppercorn
August 27, 2015 — A trek east includes a drive by some creative conservation projects.
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The Audubon Bird Guide
Adopt a Bird
Smew
Mergellus albellus
Ducks and Geese
Plumbeous Vireo
Vireo plumbeus
Vireos
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
Sandpipers
Band-tailed Pigeon
Patagioenas fasciata
Pigeons and Doves