February 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
By Laura Erickson, Susan Moreton Birky, Scott Menough, Steve Sosensky, Jay Stenger, Jim Zipp
Five experts pick binoculars that work great and won't break the bank
By David Dvorak Jr.
When to go and what fun you'll have finding birds at Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
Flammulated Owl range map
By Jim Burns
How you can find a Flammulated Owl -- and why, if you're lucky, one might just find you.
North of North
By Vesa Huttunen
Bird portraits snapped in Finland reveal similarities between birds here and there.
Birds of a Feather
By Don Stokes, Lillian Stokes
What you can learn from who's pecking whom in the flocks at your feeders this winter.
Columns
From the Editor
Birding Briefs
The purpose of egg speckles, tower lights that help prevent bird deaths, Blackcap evolution in action, a Cave Swallow invasion, and more news about birds
Birding Briefs Special Report: The Truth About Bird Flu
An Ivory-bill Skeptic Speaks Out
Breaking news from our April issue
Ornithologists Give Jackson Mixed Reviews
Reactions range from unease over fundraising allegations to support for his skepticism
Birder at Large
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By Pete Dunne

Why Media, Pennsylvania, is the place to watch hawks

Those Amazing Birds
Birds on the Move
ID Tips
How to distinguish drab winter goldfinches
By Kenn Kaufman
Resources
Festivals and Events
Classifieds
Caught in the Act
Bookshelf
Reviews of The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany, The Least of These: Wild Baby Bird Rescue Stories, and Saving Migrant Birds: Developing Strategies for the Future
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