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A BIRD-FEEDING SHOPPING LIST • NEW SPECIES DISCOVERIES
April 2020
Attract • Find • Identify • Enjoy
200TH
ISSUE!
Becoming
a better
birder
18
hotspots
along the
UPPER TEXAS COAST
PHILADELPHIA’S
heroes for hawks
David Sibley’s
NEW BOOK
ID TIPS: Florida’s
specialty birds
Birding can be about
listing and also about
finding joy in birds, such
as the stunning WESTERN
TANAGER. Page 22
Where Beauty Soars
to New Heights
Located on two migratory
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Great Egret
Photos c/o
David Moynahan
Roseate Spoonbill
Swallow-Tailed Kite
March/April 2020 Vol.34 No.2
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IN EVERY ISSUE
2
From the editor
5
Birding briefs
Newly discovered bird species, why it’s
time to start treating cats like dogs, recent
rarities, and more.
14
The hawkaholics of Philadelphia
How amateur naturalists became hooked on the lives of urban
Red-tailed Hawks.
BY ALAN JAFFE
COVER STORY
22
Becoming a better birder
Listing isn’t the be-all and end-all of birding. We also need to find
joy in birds’ beauty and diversity.
BY TERRY RICH
6
Since you asked
JULIE CRAVES
26
Birding the Upper Texas Coast
An insider’s guide to 18 astounding hotspots in the Lone Star State.
BY JIM STEVENSON
Why birds fly into wind turbines and
why backyard birds may sometimes
abandon feeders.
8
On the move
EBIRD
32
Subtle songster
Often overlooked, the little-studied Say’s Phoebe brings the wild
close to home in western North America.
BY SOPHIE A. H. OSBORN
Migration maps for Northern Saw-whet
Owl and Olive-side Flycatcher.
12
Birder at large
PETE DUNNE
43
Hotspots Near You
Maps, tips, and directions for birding locations in Arizona and
Texas.
BY JIM BURNS AND CAROLINE BLAHA-BLACK
We have caused problems for birds in
the past and fixed them, and we can do
it again.
38
ID tips
KENN KAUFMAN
Five specialty birds of Florida.
41
Attracting birds
LAURA ERICKSON
Stars of the
Upper Texas
Coast, pg. 26
A bird-feeding shopping list.
46
Amazing birds
48
Bookshelf
ELDON GREIJ
Reflections on a milestone: our 200th issue.
New books from David Sibley, Bernd
Heinrich, and others.
50
Your View
Photos of Tricolored Heron and Northern
Harrier taken by our readers.
55
Classifieds
56
ID toolkit
DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY
How resting birds can help you find hawks.
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COVER PHOTO
Western Tanager by Andrej
Chudy/Shutterstock
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fromtheeditor
Editor
Matt Mendenhall
Founding Editor
Eldon D. Greij
Contributing Editors
Julie Craves, Pete Dunne,
Laura Erickson, Kenn Kaufman, David Allen Sibley
Editorial Consultant
Lee Mergner
ART & PRODUCTION
Landmarks
Last summer, birders in Chicago made our
worldwide community of birdwatchers proud
when they worked diligently to protect the
first pair of Piping Plovers to nest in the
Windy City since 1955. Volunteers watched
over the nesting site, keeping dog-walkers and
others at bay and educating passers-by about
the special birds.
The story received a lot of attention and
rightly so. In this issue, this magazine’s 200th
since our founding in 1987, we’re highlighting a similar but less publicized
story about Philadelphia birdwatchers who keep tabs on Red-tailed Hawks
in the city’s museum district. The birds have been raising young ones
under the watchful eyes of “hawkaholics,” as our story on page 14 dubs
these heroes.
The dedication that large numbers of people display toward birds —
rare and common, large and small — warms the heart, but it’s more than
that. It’s the secret sauce in forming community, and that in turn enables
local birding clubs, state and national bird-conservation associations, and
magazines like this one to thrive.
On the occasion of this special issue, our founding editor and
“Amazing Birds” columnist Eldon Greij, one of my personal heroes,
describes the “bolt of lightning” that inspired him to launch a magazine
for birdwatchers in the 1980s (page 46). I’m proud to keep his vision going
all these years later.
Thank you for reading
BirdWatching
and for the work you do for birds.
We look forward to continuing to tell your stories in the next 200 issues.
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