Frank Izaguirre

Pittsburgh

Birds, bugs, memes, and scifi. Last name pronounced: "Is-a-gar-gan-ey." I edit this magazine about birding called Birding.

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Articles

The Golden-winged Warbler Is the ABA’s 2024 Bird of the Year!

Jan 2, 2024 | aba.org | Frank Izaguirre

Bee Bzz Bzz Bzz. That’s a sound birders love to hear, and, in some places, one birders hear less often than they used to. Gorgeous, threatened, prone to producing interesting hybrid combinations with Blue-winged Warblers: the Golden-winged Warbler is a birder favorite, whether encountered as an expected breeder, an uncommon migrant, or an electrifying vagrant. Golden-winged Warbler is also the first warbler selected as the ABA Bird of the Year.
The Piping Plovers That Changed a City

Apr 26, 2023 | aba.org | Frank Izaguirre

Monty and Rose 2: The World of Monty and Rose is an efficiently paced, earnest documentary about two Piping Plovers in Chicago who became symbols of triumph. These two diminutive shorebirds changed a literal landscape for the better, offering hope to a community. With the odds against their survival, Monty and Rose faced conflict from both humans and the natural world.