Day 19: A Bird Watcher Looks Back on Christmases Past
For 30 years, I’ve stalked fields and forest for the Christmas Bird Count, an exhausting, exhilarating way to heal.
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In Qatar, the Ancient Sport of Falconry Gets Some Upgrades
The training regimen now involves drones, but doomed pigeons are still in the mix. Generations of Qataris have taken up the hobby.
After a Frantic Year, It’s Time for ‘Slow Birding’
A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching.
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How Wild Turkeys Find Love
A photographer in Wisconsin set out to learn how wild turkeys attract their mates — and found that the answer involves wingmen and sexy snoods.