I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

While spring and summer are the prime seasons for bird watching, our winged friends are everywhere all the time, and they often switch out with the seasons, especially during peak migration. The best ...

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"The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors" by Richard Crossley and co-authors. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) This series began two years ago with a guide for Eastern birds. The latest book on raptors (the ...

For starters, he frequently employs mnemonics -- helpful English phrases -- as memory aids for many of the bird songs. Some of his written chatter accompanying the photo illustrations is so ...

The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds is a milestone in bird identification guides. Published in February, it contains separate color plates for each bird species, organized around varying age and sex ...

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