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The magic of hummingbirds: What no other bird on earth can do
First of two parts The moment never ceases to amaze: One minute the hummingbird is flying along at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour. The next it skids to an instant halt in mid-air and hangs there...
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A Perfect Day for Spoonbills
Almost every person I pass along the path after an afternoon of birding in Central Florida has the same question: “Are there any spoonbills out today?” I have good news to share. Dozens of these...
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Gawky, loved, ridiculed: Pelicans hold their own — plus lots of fish
“A wonderful bird is the pelican. Its beak can hold more than its bellican.” By Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal Pelican Island, Florida – We get our first look at the huge, awkward birds as soon as we...
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It’s time for real action to save North America’s vanishing birdscape
By Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal One of our very favorite examples of the work across North America to protect birds is the California Spotted Owl. An enlightened blend of high-tech research, forestry...
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Missing in action: Where is the national leadership on conservation
Four past U.S. Presidents show us what can be done Anders Gyllenhaal President Theodore Roosevelt was furious. For months, he’d been hearing about the brazen slaughter of herons, egrets, pelicans and...
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Why coastal birds are so precious — and could use our help
Anders Gyllenhaal First of three posts At first, it was hard to believe what I was seeing one misty morning on Delaware’s oceanfront. A Royal Tern flying toward the clouds after snagging a fish from...
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The best places to catch up with birds along the Mid-Atlantic coast
Anders Gyllenhaal A trio of White Ibis show off their gawky profiles. Second of three parts First you take a 45-minute boat ride along the St. Marys River on the George-Florida border to reach...
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Costa Rica’s hummingbirds: You find them everywhere you look
Anders Gyllenhaal A Rufous-tailed Hummingbird takes a break. The top photo is a Garden Emerald. Photos by Anders Gyllenhaal. Among the first birds we saw in Costa Rica was a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird,...
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Guess what we found in our search for the one-and-only Resplendent Quetzal
Anders Gyllenhaal SAN GERARDO DE DOTA, Costa Rica – It’s 5:30 in the morning, and the sun has yet to reach this remote corner of the country’s mountainous interior. But already more than 70 birders,...
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How do White Pelicans catch all those fish? Here’s their secret.
Anders Gyllenhaal At times, it’s hard to tell where one pelican ends and the next begins in the flotilla of feathers, beaks and wings drifting along in the shallow water near Florida’s Cape Canaveral....
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