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My Best Bad Photo

When it comes to skulky birds, few in North America can rival the Swainson's Thrush. They're not quiet birds, mind you. Go outdoors on most any June day in just about...

Love Across the Ocean

Many Los Angeles area residents recognize Leyna Nguyen as a popular and award-winning news anchor for KCAL-9 News, but it’s her humanitarian work off-camera that provides her with the most...

Celestron Big Year – 2 June 2016: Birding Naked

  I'm not ashamed to say it. There have been times when I'm afield and the conditions are just right that I have birded naked. No, I don't mean "birded...

MAY MOONPHASED: TOP 10 FEATURES ON THE MOON TO OBSERVE AND IMAGE

Our Moon is mysterious.  Throughout history it has lured artists, poets, explorers, scientists, and romantics into modes of thought and feeling that has shaped our attitudes and industry in myria...

Celestron Big Year - 5 May 2016: Studying-up for Warblerstock

As all good birders - and perhaps even some of the bad ones - well know, not all birding takes place out in the field, or for that matter even...

Celestron Big Year - 11 April 2016: A Not Yet Bald Eagle

Ironic as it may seem, one of the most frequently misidentified birds in the U.S. is the national bird, the Bald Eagle. Not that most people can’t identify an adult...