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Flight Lines: Recent bird survey exceeds expectations again 
Local birders round up 54 species during annual count
By Keith Corliss , January 04, 2012
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Holiday gift ideas for the birder in your life
Christmas shopping has never been a strong area for me. I’m not entirely sure why, it just happens to be that way. I think the hype and hustle of the season blur my ability to reason clearly and I end up buying something spontaneously, something a little odd, or – worst of all – something unwanted.
By Keith Corliss , December 21, 2011
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Flight Lines: Sharp snowy owl contrast between last two winters
We are under an invasion. Unlike Orson Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel, War of the Worlds, this one is real and it’s coming from the north.
By Keith Corliss , December 07, 2011
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Outdoor oddities always pique a birder’s curiosity
Just by happenstance – I call it luck – I live in the same West Fargo neighborhood as North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologist, Doug Leier. Not only have we watched each other’s children grow through the years, but we’ve shared many outdoors stories. They’re often a little unconventional; such was the case just last week.
By Keith Corliss , November 09, 2011
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Flight Lines: Leaf drop reveals handiwork of nesting birds
Remove the leaves from trees and all manner of secrets are exposed to the world. Secrets which had been hidden for the summery months in the dappled verdant bosom of leaf canopy now lay bare and vulnerable to chilly autumn winds.
By Keith Corliss , October 26, 2011
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Flight Lines: Pelican colony destruction strikes a chord
Like almost every morning, last Friday found me leafing through the pages of the Forum newspaper. Separating this day from most was a story on page A7 which carried the following headline: “Farmer ‘flipped out’ at pelicans.”
By Keith Corliss , October 12, 2011
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Making a pitch for the outdoors; lobbying on behalf of the LWCF
Lobbying. The very word makes me cringe. It connotes all manner of unseemly political chicanery from bought-and-paid-for votes on contentious issues to the unflattering influence money brings to the process.
By Keith Corliss , September 28, 2011
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Flight Lines: Characteristics differ among fall bird tendencies
Consider the topic areas below simplistic. Species of different stripes tend to be scattered all over the chart when it comes to characteristics and shun sweeping generalizations.
By Keith Corliss , September 14, 2011
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Flight Lines: Noise maker lives most of life underground, emergence tied to warm summer days
The first time I remember hearing it was in 1983 while living in Columbus, Miss. By the time summer arrived, things were as hot and sticky as this North Dakota native had ever experienced.
By Keith Corliss , August 31, 2011
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Flight Lines: When it comes to the outdoors, it’s all habitat
Years ago I tried looking for Baird’s sparrow in Cass County. I knew this sought-after songbird was a grassland specialist and, well, there’s grass in Cass County isn’t there? Little did I know how ridiculous this errant quest was. A friend of mine gently but surely led me to realize I was wasting my time. The bird just won’t be here. I was confusing habitat with range.
By Keith Corliss , August 17, 2011
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Songbird vocalizations unique to each species
Just last weekend I found myself in the cell phone parking lot at Fargo’s Hector Airport waiting for family members to return from a brief trip. It was a pleasant afternoon with ample sunshine and little wind. My vehicle windows were down.
By Keith Corliss , August 03, 2011
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Flight Lines: Pitfalls of perception and expectations
Reality can be an elusive thing, or at least our perception of it. I’m no psychologist but I am well aware that what we think we see or hear might be light years apart from what is actually taking place. Defense attorneys will tell you the same thing but with considerably different motives I suspect.
By Keith Corliss , July 06, 2011
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Flight Lines: Shadowy shorebird remains an enigma
Sticks to himself, doesn’t play well with others, quiet, a loner. This could very well appear in the report card of a young school child with problems in need of addressing. It could also describe one of our common, but seldom noticed shorebirds, the solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria).
By Keith Corliss , June 22, 2011
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Flight Lines: Bird festival reignites author’s fervor
It took spending a day with other birders to regain a perspective I may have let wane.
By Keith Corliss , June 08, 2011
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Flight Lines: Boreal migrant a treat for area birders
I wonder just how many residents of the Red River Valley have ever heard of a place called Cape May, New Jersey. Not a lot I’d say. Of those that have, I would venture to guess a good portion consists of bird watchers.
By Keith Corliss , May 25, 2011
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