August 2005

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
Eyewitness Accounts: Old Friend Found
By Chris Niskanen
Discoverers of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker tell what it was like to lay eyes on the species.
Essay: First Step
By George Fenwick
The president of the American Bird Conservancy asks what rediscovery of the Ivory-bill will mean for other endangered species.
Exclusive Map
By Matt Mendenhall
Reported Ivory-bill sightings since 1944
Looking Ahead: Now What?
By Elliott Swarthout, Ron Rohrbaugh
Two leaders of the search team describe priorities for the bird and the Big Woods.
By Radd Icenoggle
When to go and what you’ll find at the Trumpeter Swan’s Rocky Mountain birthplace.
Wave Runners
By Julie Craves
Western and Clark’s Grebes have many amazing traits, but their courtship display tops them all.
The Uncommon Common Nighthawk
By Laura Erickson
Twelve little-known facts about the mesmerizing Common Nighthawk.
By Peter Sherrington
Where to go in beautiful Alberta to count migrating Golden Eagles by the thousands.
Columns
From the Editor
Birding Briefs
News about loon migration, Turkey Vultures, and a bird-rich Alaskan island
Birder at Large
Up Close and Personal
How the Great Crested Flycatcher got its name.
Those Amazing Birds
Birds on the Move
ID Tips
How to ID Snowy, Piping, and Semipalmated Plovers.
Resources
Bookshelf
Reviews of The Singing Life of Birds, San Diego County Bird Atlas, and the film March of the Penguins
Festivals and Events
Classifieds
Caught in the Act
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