This podcast is brought you by WildSide Nature Tours. Come with me to an ancient land to watching thousands of migratory birds like common cranes, storks, spoonbills and red kites. We'll also look for Palestine sunbird, jungle cat and white-throated kingfisher on my Raptor Bonanza Tour in Israel in November--history, culture and birds all combine for the birding trip of a lifetime. Israel is one of the most unique countries you can visit for birds, it's a major flyway for European and Asian birds as they head south into Africa.

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The search is officially on in Cuba for ivory-billed woodpeckers.

Insane spring warbler fallout photos from 2011.

Some duck stamp artists are not happy about a proposed change to the stamp art.

Some weirdo is apparently eating bald eagles.

This is the most badass red-tailed hawk you will see this year.

I got in a Twitter war over what I felt was an unfair segment about the Great Texas Birding Classic...and the host replied.