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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review

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isn’t “behavior” synonymous with “life” itself; isn’t the title of David Allen Sibley’s 2001 tome (also encyclopedic, also delightful), The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior, redundant? Other than purely physical things (e.g., feathers, nictating membranes, muscular cloacae, etc.), Maybe, maybe not. One or the other.

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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In Gaines’ first novel Carbon Dreams (2001) the science (there, geology) tended to overwhelm the story, but in Accidentals, she incorporates ornithology and microbiology skillfully into a well-woven whole. Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother.

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Musings on a Life List

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When I went to Kenya in 2001 it was my first visit for eight years and most of my new birds from that trip were simple taxonomic splits from previous trips. As I have seen Willow Grouse as well as Red Grouse it does give me an extra tick, but you might regard that as cheating. Red Grouse in North Yorkshire, a good tick?

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Oldest Yellow Warbler Ever Recorded

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First banded in June of 2001 at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center (where I saw my trigger bird ) she is at least 11 years old! The oldest Yellow Warbler ever documented was recaptured in June (link is very slow to load).

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The Regal Western Kingbird Can Be Very Aggressive

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He or she doesn’t look very excited about being photographed… I’m not sure if it’s me or the rain… or maybe the bird is simply curious as to what I am doing? This final shot shows the white edges on the Western Kingbird’s black tail. References: 1 Sibley, D.A. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior.

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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

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But in 2001, Marcel van Tuinen and his colleagues published a DNA study of waterbirds that proposed a then-shocking sister relationship between flamingos and grebes, two groups “which otherwise show no resemblance,” the authors wrote at the time. The diving, piscivorous grebes were usually grouped with loons.

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The Crocodile Safari (Botswana)

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It was January, 2001, and here in the southern hemisphere January is the hottest of summer months. Date: January 24th, 2001 (08:30-11:00h). Like a ritualized dance, it unfolds its wings, takes a peek, folds them and moves a few steps, then unfolds again…. I would not have minded having some shade myself.

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