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November/December 2009 issue

Features

  Our Cover Story: Bird Feeding from A to Z by Julia Elliott
  ID Yourself: Backyard Rarities by Alvaro Jaramillo
  Wildlife Art That Really "Highleates"by Nicholas Hammond
  High-End Scopes Review: The Best of the Best by Michael and Diane Porter
  Birders Are Crazy Folks by Andrea Southgate
  Rediscovered: Forest Owlet by David Oehler

Columns & Departments

Letters from Readers
  Quick Takes by Paul J. Baicich
  After the Spark: Bird Thou Never Wert by Kenn Kaufman
  True Nature: Birds Watch Us, Too by Julie Zickefoose
  Far Afield: Palo Duro Canyon by Jerry Uhlman
  Book Notes
  Well-Equipped Birder: Muck Boots by Bill Thompson, III

The Backyard

  Backyard Turkeys by Edwin D. Michael
  My Way: Build Your Own Field Guide of Bird Facts by Chuck Jakubchak
  The Bird Watcher's Question Box by Kevin J. Cook
  Watching Bird Behavior: Strange Dangers by David M. Bird