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Slow Birding (Joan E. Strassmann)

Reading Time: 3 minutesSlow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard by Joan E. Strassmann encourages a different approach to birding. It challenges the...
John MahonDec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Birding

Snow Geese, Orange Discoloration, and their Arctic Habitat

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently, as I have been visiting my local birding hotspots I wanted to be more intentional about not solely counting what species I was seeing but stopping...
John MahonDec 11, 2023Dec 13, 2023
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Sibley’s Birding Basics (David Allen Sibley)

Reading Time: 2 minutesSibley’s Birding Basics is not a guidebook similar to The Sibley Guide to Birds but rather an introduction to Birding meant for beginners (and intermediates alike). This...
John MahonNov 27, 2023Dec 13, 2023
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Seabirds of the World (Hosking & Lockley)

Reading Time: 3 minutesSeabirds of the World by Eric Hosking (Photography) and Ronald M Lockley (Text) was published in 1982 and celebrated its 40th birthday this year. Eric Hosking was...
John MahonNov 25, 2023Dec 13, 2023
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Book Reviews

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have always loved collecting and accumulating books over the years, particularly books that I can find at thrift stores. When I started birding that love of...
John MahonNov 25, 2023Nov 25, 2023
Birding

Struggles With Shorebirds: Intro

Reading Time: 5 minutesI am sure this will be a multiple-part post about shorebirds and their incredibly hard-to-decipher field marks. I don’t know if the difficulty of identifying certain species...
John MahonNov 25, 2023Nov 25, 2023
Birding

Hot Limpkin Winter 2023 & Chasing Rarities

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s Hot Limpkin Summer Winter in New Jersey! During the Summer of 2022, Limpkins erupted from South Florida and the Neotropics to become the first records in...
John MahonNov 15, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Birding

My First (Almost) Two Years Birding

Reading Time: 3 minutesSo I have been birding for almost two years now. I came into this hobby with a love of birds and nature but with very little intimate...
John MahonNov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023
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Welcome to Searching For Pelicans! Grab your nocs and let's get going.

  • Hyper-specific Birding
    by John Mahon
    July 6, 2025
    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst, I would like to describe exactly what I mean when I...
  • Reserva Natural El Dorado
    by John Mahon
    July 3, 2025
    Reading Time: 7 minutesDuring my trip to Colombia in February of this year, I had...
  • A Day of Chasing Rarities
    by John Mahon
    July 1, 2025
    Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s (almost) always a good time when you can spend the day...
  • My Top 10 Birds of Colombia: 1-5
    by John Mahon
    June 24, 2025
    Reading Time: 7 minutesNumbers 6-10 can be found here! 5. Sword-billed Hummingbird The Sword-billed Hummingbird...
  • My Top 10 Birds of Colombia: 6-10
    by John Mahon
    June 24, 2025
    Reading Time: 6 minutesIn February of this year, I took a month-long trip to Colombia,...

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