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Yellow-Billed Magpie NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 The Big-head Divers: Goldeneyes and Buffleheads BIRD Vol. 43 No. 2, November/December 2020 W ATCHER’S DIGEST ATCHER’S Species Profile Yellow-billed Magpie NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER Scott Display until December 31st Weidensaul: On the Slope Our beaches are open and our destination is ready to welcome you back. We’ve missed you. Plan your escape and request a vacation guide at GulfShores.com/back-to-the-beach 877-341-2400 2020-6047 Bird Watcher's Digest Nov Dec.indd 1 9/10/20 4:58 PM B R U C E W U N 98 D November/December 2020 ER LI CH COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 6 Letters from Readers 92 True Nature 10 Quick Takes The Naturalist’s Dilemma Paul J. Baicich Julie Zickefoose 16 Migrations 98 Birdtography On the Slope The Ethics of Bird Scott Weidensaul Photography 24 Bruce Wunderlich 24 Cover Species Yellow-billed Magpie 106 Watching Bird Behavior T S Brown Creepers and E Kenneth M. Burton W Readers’ Observations IL A G 34 Identify Yourself David M. Bird The Big-head Divers: Goldeneyes and Buffleheads 114 Far Afield Alvaro Jaramillo Birding Oklahoma’s Ouachita Mountain 42 Constantly Counting Foothills and Tenkiller Lake Chickadees Jerry Uhlman Al Batt 120 Spotlight on Nevada 56 Pete’s Tips Learning Vocalizations 124 Book Notes O L Pete Dunne 128 Classified L I M A 58 The Urban Birder 130 Redstart Birding R A 34 J American Birds on Both O R A V Sides of the Atlantic L A David Lindo FEATURES 64 Fab Five of the Far THE Northwest BACKYARD John Shewey 46 Winter Shower 68 Shakespeare’s Birds Carmen Christy Jerry Dennis 58 R E C Mr. Creeper’s 76 See Where They Fly: 50 N E P Neighborhood: Suet on Banded Gulls in the S L L a Tree Trunk Gulf of Maine E S S Don Grussing Jon Woolf U R 54 My Way 84 One Short of a Parliament Birding as Meditation Eli J. Knapp Mary Giraulo About the Cover Hidden Colors: Yellow-billed Magpie, by Christina Baal. 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