Bird Watcher’s Digest September/October 2005 Issue

Features

• Our Cover Species: Passenger Pigeon by Edward Kanze
• ID Yourself: Very Big Woodpeckers by Julie Zickefoose
• The Social Behavior of Hawk Watchers by Derek J. Lovitch
• Birding Cuba by Tom Rawles
• A Small Brown Bird by Karen Phillips

Columns & Departments

• Letters from Readers
• Quick Takes by David M. Bird
• After the Spark: Space for Survival by Kenn Kaufman
• Far Afield: Birding Guatemala by Bill Thompson, III
• Book Notes
• Well-Equipped Birder: Getting a Passport by Howard Youth

The Backyard

• Bird Gardening: Late Summer Gardens by Jennifer Baker
• The Importance of Sparrows by Renny Gehman
• The Virtue of Stillness by Irene Warner
• A Berry Good Tree by Philip A. Purser
• My Way - A Bike-Wheel Feeder for the Birds by Philip G. Engstrom
• The Bird Watcher's Question Box by Kevin J. Cook
• Watching Bird Behavior: Surprising Behavior Abounds by David M. Bird