@Recreation - Bird Watching (1)

America's first Labor Day was celebrated in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, as a "workingmen's holiday." Since then, the day has also come to mean the end of summer.

An ABERDEENSHIRE couple have landed one of the best bird-watching jobs in the world.

Jenni Dyar looked down at the top of the line binoculars she bought recently and smiled.

The Tahoma Audubon Society will be offering two beginning bird-watching class this fall, including one that begins next week.

Jonathan Franzen has a couple of abiding obsessions. One is writing long, meaty novels deeply rooted in a traditional emphasis on plotting and, above all, character.

This visionary's accomplishments have been awarded numerous accolades, including Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Jim Kolbe for her extensive community service to Tucson.

Alan Davies and Ruth Miller take their bird-watching seriously - to the extent of travelling the globe in a bid to see more breeds than anybody in history.

Before you choose binoculars for birding, you should be aware of what to look for in one.

Birds are hard to take pictures of. That's my conclusion after a morning of birding with my roommate Christine, an ornithologist who will be teaching several birding course through Okanagan College starting this week.

Students in Polly Kluver's seventh-grade science class at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein asked: "How do birds make red blood cells if their bones are hollow?" Bird lovers, you might not realize it, but you belong to a very large club.