April 25, 2024

How Trapped Palestinians Fell in Love With Bird-Watching

GAZA CITY—The skies of Gaza fill with shifting shapes on an early spring morning. At first they are barely visible, only specks soaring above central Gaza’s wetlands.Mandy Sirdah quickly raises her binoculars. “Storks!” she shouts excitedly. Close by, Lara Sirdah, her identical twin sister wearing matching clothes, grabs her long-focus camera and points it to

Birdwatching Is Going High-Tech Thanks to This New Tool

Remember the Central Park ‘hot duck’? Over a course of several months in late 2018 and early 2019, a mandarin duck appeared in New York City. This was remarkable both because the duck is native to East Asia, and due to the male’s distinctive and colorful markings. There are great photos of it honking and

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