Winging It vol. 18, no. 3

Looks like we’re off to the presses! Many thanks to the authors, photographers, and behind-the-scenes helpers who have made this upcoming issue of Winging It one that I know our readers will enjoy.

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With the Bangor, Maine, Convention coming up in (criminy!) three weeks, the front-page story, by Jeff Wells, is about birding North America’s boreal forest: it’s a serious article about the threats to that amazing region, but it leaves us with concrete suggestions for hopeful things we can do. There is also an announcement of the new Adirondacks birding map (I love free stuff, and this is a great resource!).

The issue also includes a selection of pieces on even more exotic locales, including Guatemala, Armenia, Tobago, and Spain. There is good conservation news from Peru and Colombia, too, thanks to the Alliance for Zero Extinctions, Birders’ Exchange, and American Bird Conservancy.

North American birding is covered in articles on grassland grouse in Nebraska’s Sandhills, flycatchers in southeast Arizona, rarities in the lower Rio Grande Valley, scrub-jays in Florida, and forest birds in Arkansas. “Birding Landscapes” this time focuses on Massachusetts, where a Black-necked Stilt strode through the same scope field occupied by a Snowy Owl, and a White-tailed Hawk knocked a Saturday birding group nearly off its tripods!

And the usual features are here: Pete Dunne’s tips, the Sightings column, member news (including milestones–listing and otherwise).