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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...

Celestron Big Year - 28 March 2016: Over the Century Mark

Well, not long ago I made the prediction that with (at that time) upcoming trips to Los Angeles and San Diego I expected I should be closing in on one...

Celestron Big Year - 14 March 2016: Sometimes Crime Does Pay

(Photo courtesy of Tracy Drake)   Whenever I’m traveling - or sometimes simply during the course of a normal day - I find myself in a particularly bird-worthy place and...

Celestron Big Year - 28 February 2016: Duck, Duck, Goose (Goose, Goose, ...

Although not generally a rarity chaser, I’m not above making a visit to a nearby location for the purpose of seeing an uncommon bird that’s been reliably reported there. Which...

Top 10 Extra Lunar Discoveries

  Galileo’s Telescope Changes Astronomy Forever - In 1609/1610 Galileo trains his improved telescope on Jupiter and discovers “3 fixed stars” previously unseen, near the Jovian planet.  Over th...