'In the rooms of her ice-water mansion'

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

Nov 10 • 

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Plover Joe

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

Nov 3 • 

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October 2025

A note to subscribers on TWiB's future

✏️ On what to expect in upcoming newsletters.

Oct 31 • 

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This week in humanity

🟡 Caution, non-birding post ahead.

Oct 27 • 

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Catching up with...Brian Fox Ellis

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

Oct 20 • 

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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 • 

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"Through the Eyes of the Piping Plovers"

A plover exhibition is the first for a new museum on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Oct 6 • 

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September 2025

What is a Wake-Robin?

"Silently the procession passes" and we will be awaiting the Wake-Robin yet again.

Sep 29 • 

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A walk around Boston Common

Sparrows, swans, and ducklings.

Sep 15 • 

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A conversation with...Rosemary Mosco

Rosemary Mosco is an author and the creator of Bird and Moon, a nature comic that combines humor and art with science.

Sep 5 • 

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What technology has done to field identification

The future of birding isn't bleak at all.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

Watch The Best-Known Grouse of the Western States

A documentary short on an iconic Midwestern species.

Aug 18 • 

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