Jeff Mann 
“I only ever see pigeons, crows, or sparrows…”
I’ve heard this common experience from many friends and family. As an avid birdwatcher for the last ten years, I wear my hobbies on my sleeve.
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This morning I took a trip across town to visit a new birding spot, Crescent Bend Nature Park. I decided to go birding this morning rather late (by birding standards) and didn’t arrive at the park until 9 AM. Nonetheless, I was ready to see what I could find on my first visit.
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Listening to bird songs and watching their spectrograms is a great way to become a better birder. I try to record new species at every … Read more
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A fairly new feature to eBird, the Trip Report, enables you to collect and summarize a group of eBird checklists across a specific date range into a sleek and useful page.
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I’ve used my existing microphone setup with a dedicated recorder since I picked up the equipment. While taking an online course on How to Record Bird Sounds, one of the setups they showed in the video utilized an external microphone connected to an iPhone running Merlin.
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We made a personal bird trip today from San Antonio to Austin, Texas to attend the first Purple Martin Party of the year. This event, held by Travis Audubon, takes place four Saturday evenings in early summer every year.
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Last weekend I traveled to Cancun, Mexico for a short stay over Fourth of July. Traveling as birder is always exciting because of the chance to see new birds you can’t see at home.
I poured over eBird sightings in Cancun prior to traveling so I could make mental notes of what species I might see and what I hoped to find.
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