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For The Birds

By Brian Kluepfel

For The Birds 

Woodpeckers of Westchester: A Portentous Pileated

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 Examiner Webmaster 924 Views 2 min read

By Brian Kluepfel   We have considered the pileated woodpecker a bird of good fortune since we saw one just outside our apartment on moving day four years ago. Such a massive, beautiful creature, we were compelled to watch, even

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A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Birds: Wildlife Photography Highlight of Year

December 8, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 1538 Views For The Birds 2 min read

By Brian Kluepfel   This was the year that really flipped us the bird, but 2020 is nearly over. A deadly virus combined with incalculable human hubris and selfishness has brought us to a frightening point, and I’m frankly glad

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Symbols are What You Make of Them: On Eagle’s Wings

November 10, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 833 Views 3 min read

By Brian Kluepfel   Much has been and will be written about the 2020 elections, but from the narrow point of view of birders, Joe Biden’s victory is a win against an administration that tried to amend, among other laws,

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Turn the Page: A Salute to the Fall Migration

October 13, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 367 Views 3 min read

By Brian Kluepfel Many people see autumn as a dark time – the days shorten as we prepare to face certain winter ahead, full of snow and freezing temperatures. I prefer to view it as an exciting time – my

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For The Birds 

On the Move: Catch the Hawks and Songbirds Heading South

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 726 Views 3 min read

By Brian Kluepfel In my opinion autumn is the most beautiful season. Not for me, the icy winter winds nor the summer’s oppressive heat and humidity. Not even spring’s allergy-inducing flowers! Give me the slow, resplendent dying of a New

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Douglas Adams’ Kakapo and Rudolfo Anaya’s Owl

August 11, 2020August 12, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 446 Views 3 min read

By Brian Kluepfel Since there’s plenty of time to read these days, I came across two interesting bird-themed books last week.   Douglas Adams is best known for his “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. They sold millions and earned him fame.

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What’s in a Name? Birding’s Own Confederate Shadow

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 198 Views 4 min read

By Brian Kluepfel The May confrontation in Central Park between a white woman walking a dog off-leash and a Black birder asking her not to threw into sharp contrast many divisions in our republic. And it just went to show

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What’s in a Name? That’s Wagler’s Macaw to You

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 126 Views 2 min read

By Brian Kluepfel The blue-throated macaw is feted with names for its color (the blue throat patch distinguishes it from the commoner blue-and-gold), a noted scientist (Wagler) and for a native place-name (Caninde-yu – “macaw-yellow” in Guarani – is also a

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For the Birds: Global Big Day, 19 Species and Two Winter Squalls in May

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 Examiner Media 97 Views 3 min read

By Brian Kluepfel I find myself shivering in a wooden hut on the edge of the river; it is where two years ago I scrawled a missive to a higher power, asking that my new marriage be blessed. Today, I’m

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For the Birds: Colombia is a Birder’s Paradise

March 14, 2020May 13, 2020 Examiner Media 297 Views 3 min read

By Brian Kluepfel Colombia has a bit of an image problem. Much of this perception is indeed based on an ugly reality which the nation is trying to leave in the past; much of that is perpetuated in mass media.

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