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February 2012

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!

From the Editor

You won't find this information in any field guide; it's too new

By Chuck Hagner

Features

Exceptional immigrant

By Ted Cable

Why the understated Eurasian Tree Sparrow continues to win fans and attract birders 140 years after its introduction.

Michigan's hawk mountain

By Chuck Hagner

Why Michigan’s Brockway Mountain may be the best place in the country to watch northbound hawks in spring.

Precious gold

By Andrew Jenner

Researchers in a race with wind-power developers are changing what we know about Golden Eagles in the East.

Hotspots Near You

Maps, directions, and tips for places to find birds in Virginia, New York, Alabama, and British Columbia.

Pipeline Rapids, Richmond, Virginia

By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

In Downtown Richmond, walk along a catwalk atop a water pipe to see one of the only urban Great Blue Heron rookeries in the country.

Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, New York

By Shari Romar

These gardens, woodlands, wetlands, and a meadow in New York City attract warblers, hawks, woodpeckers, sparrows, mockingbirds, and other winged visitors.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama

By Greg Harber

The 67.5-acre botanical gardens is a reliable place for Brown-headed Nuthatch from fall through spring, Pine Warbler in late winter, and colorful migrant songbirds in spring and fall.

Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Delta, British Columbia

By Anne Murray

Visit Reifel, one of Canada's top birding areas, for the spectacle of tens of thousands of waterfowl, as well as views of raptors, shorebirds, owls, and cranes.

Columns

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