October 2006

Beautiful, bi-monthly BirdWatching magazine (formerly Birder's World) appeals to every bird enthusiast — from backyard birdwatcher to serious birder. Subscribers receive helpful hints for attracting and feeding birds, handy identification tips, photography pointers, info about where to find birds, superb color photography, and much more!
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Features
When Drumming Turns to Puffing
By Al Cornell
When and where to go to hear the grouse that sounds like a tractor -- or a locomotive.
By Adam Marcus, Joan Easton Lentz, Matt White, Robin Diaz
Four places to find birds in New York, California, Texas, and Florida.
You Can Become a Really Good Birder
By Pete Dunne
Nine ways you can improve your birding, described by someone who knows. Plus, 10 books no birdwatcher should be without.
Mastering an Art
By Jessica Eskelsen
A trio of colorful Yellow-rumped Caciques, portrayed by a master wildlife artist.
By Andy Paulios
Why Wisconsin's beautiful Crex Meadows is the best place in the Midwest to be before sun-up.
Hawks at Your Feeder
By Don Stokes, Lillian Stokes
What to do about those Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks that haunt your backyard feeder.
Force of Nature
By Connie Toops
You can use your iPod to see more birds and recognize more of their songs.
Columns
From the Editor
Birder at Large
Those Amazing Birds
Birds on the Move
ID Tips
Anna's, Costa's, and Black-chinned Hummingbirds.
By Kenn Kaufman
Birding Briefs
Success for Snowy Plovers, nest-destroying cows, hope for Red Knots, and why it's time to update your checklist.
Special Report: Hope for Iraq's Birds
Wetland restoration pays off as birds begin returning to Iraq's damaged marshes
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