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Nov 17, 20248 min read

The Magpie in the Mirror

A riddle for you: My dog barks at it playfully. My cat stares at it dumbly. The cardinals in my yard attack it aggressively. What is "it"?

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Killdeer: With This Wing I Thee Led

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Counterfeit Birds: Mishaps of Birding at the Movies

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Warblers and the Question of Gratuitous Beauty

Warblers aren’t simply colorful; they’re adorned, as if they dressed up for the trip. Why such extravagance? To remind us of a prodigal God.

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Murder of Crows? The Oddities of Collective Names

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Learning to Speak Chickadee

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Lorikeet: In the Eye of the Beholder

How could a bird so valued on one side of the globe be so dismissed at the other? What's a bird worth anyway? And what about a human being?

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Getting started in birdwatching? Here's a helpful tip for evolving from "I look at birds" to "I'm a birder." Start by learning your Top Ten.

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