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The Stormy Petrel II motored in the lee of North Carolina's Outer Banks, the first time we'd been outdoors and out of the wind since we'd come to the area [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Midway through a corner on a shady street of a pleasant Miami suburb, Paul Bithorn (left) stopped the car short. In front of us, planted impractically in the […]

There are other, better-known places than the Florida Keys to watch hawks migrate. There's Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania, where it all started, and where the rocky outcroppings folks perch on [...]

The article focuses on Sooty Tern and the studies and observations on their colony in Dry Tortugas, Florida.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences of watching the Peregrine species of bird like Perefrine falcon in Paris, France. INSETS: Birds of Lac du Der;Paris's historic falcons.

The article presents information related to magnificent frigatebirds.

The article previews several birding applications for smartphones, including the iSpiny Software from Chirp! USA, birdJam HeadsUp Warblers and birdJam HeadsUp Sparrows from Mighty Jams LLC, and BirdTunes from BirdTunes iPhone Application.

The article evaluates various applications designed to identify North American birds, including National Geographies Handheld Birds from the National Geographic Society, Peterson Birds of North America from Appweavers Inc., and The Sibley eGuide to the Birds of North America from Cool Ideas LLC.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of birding over the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

A personal narrative is presented that explores the author's experience of a bird watching trip in Miami, Florida.

The article focuses on watching the migration of hawks in Florida Keys. The Keys function as a funnel as it offers safe routes for raptors to travel, like the hundreds of small mangrove islands in Florida Bay and the body of water between the Florida peninsula and the Upper Keys. In 1996 and 1997, more than 20,000 raptors are counted moving southbound each year. The significant pulse of migratory raptors starts in mid-September and trails off by the first week of November.