Top Birding Destinations /Mel White 10 -- Fun and Adventure of Christmas Bird Counts / Bill Shepherd 20 -- Recycling and Ad-Libbing for Backyard Birds / Jim Spencer 26 -- Knock on Wood! / Keith Sutton 32 -- A Crisis Spent with California Birds / Steve Maslowski 38 -- Gypsies of the Shore / Keith Sutton 42 -- Return of the Snows / Jay Michael Strangis 48 -- Roadrunner! / Keith Sutton 54 -- Outwitting Squirrels at the Feeder / Glynn Harris 58 -- A Simple Method of Keeping Records / Norman Lavers 64 -- How to Choose the Right Binoculars / Jim Low 70 -- My Favorite Nest / Steve Maslowski 76 -- Identifying Birds / George Laycock 82 -- Urban Goose / George Laycock 90 -- These Recipes are for the Birds / Theresa Sutton 98.