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Extreme Birding: The Strange Magic of Pelagics
12 hours on a small boat with 16 strangers, all to see a handful of seabirds? Welcome to the strange magic of pelagic birding.
Extreme Birding: Shorebirds at the Sewage Lagoon
Shorebird identification can be a challenge. The best place to practice might just be your local sewage lagoon.
Extreme Birding: How To Do A Big Year On A Budget
Are you a birder dreaming of a Big Year? Here's how to do it along with work, family, and life's other responsibilities.
Extreme Birding: Gull Watching at the Landfill
Sick of your favorite birding hotspot? Try the dump.
Extreme Birding: Entering Un-Birded Territory in Papua New Guinea
The Papua New Guinea rainforest isn’t your grandpa’s birding. Science writer Justine Hausheer enumerates the trials, travails, and thrills of birding in un-birded territory.
Extreme Birding: The Big Night
One birder takes on an epic challenge: birding from sundown to sunup in a Big Night.