What is a “professional” birdwatcher?

Plus, attend a class that gets Up Close and Personal with Birds

Jan 5 • Bob Dolgan

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December 2025

Six birds of 2025

All rights reserved®

Dec 29, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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The man and the heron(s)

One spring viewing a rookery.

Dec 22, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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Twenty years of “My Bird Problem”

Plus, why photograph owls?

Dec 15, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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The Birdman of Chicago

A tribute to Tony Fitzpatrick.

Dec 1, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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November 2025

A conversation with...Jeff Reiter

New book features The Best of Words on Birds.

Nov 24, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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'In the rooms of her ice-water mansion'

The Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot, and the Great Lakes.

Nov 10, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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Plover Joe

“He may be Italian or Corsican, but he’s a Napoleon in his art.”

Nov 3, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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October 2025

A note to subscribers on TWiB's future

✏️ On what to expect in upcoming newsletters.

Oct 31, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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This week in humanity

🟡 Caution, non-birding post ahead.

Oct 27, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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Catching up with...Brian Fox Ellis

Portraying John James Audubon, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Ridgway, and more.

Oct 20, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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The Baltimore B*stard

Paging through a first edition of Mark Catesby’s The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands is a special experience.

Oct 13, 2025 • Bob Dolgan

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