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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of November 2020)

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Of his three year birds – King Eider , his first in Queens since 2010, Common Redpoll , his first in Queens in two years, and Western Kingbird , his first since last year – the King Eider clearly wins, both because it’s been so long since Corey last saw one and because it was the only bird of the three that Corey got a photo of.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010 within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy. Young Roe Deer buck in Beljarica. Golden Jackals in Beljarica.

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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It’s a slim volume, a republication, mostly, of a chapter from her fine 2010 book Birdology , with some added material including an introduction, in which she describes how she has, a decade after her first experience with falconry (as described in the main part of the book), “come back for more.”

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What’s up with the Hook-billed Kites?

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But in 2020 I personally saw thousands of Waxwings in a dozen or so sites, and every one of my birder friends across the country had a similar experience. Indeed, it was not recorded on eBird in Morelia before 2010, but has been reported all over the city and surrounding area since then. This year, the sightings are less, so far. (I

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Everything’s Coming Up Carrie Laben

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In her winning essay, Carrie applied her knowledge of birds and personal experiences as a birdwatcher to ‘illustrate a land-use ethic for the way we live now.’ This year’s focus was current or recently completed work from a long-term writing project. ’ Follow the link for some excerpts from the winning essay.

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Another Depressing Oil Spill Story!

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A major environmental experiment is underway,” Ron Kendall, director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University, told AFP. Tags: marine life 2010 oil spill pollution Gulf of Mexico.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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[Mark]: The Hawk’s Way: Encounters With Fierce Beauty is a slim volume, a republication, mostly, of a chapter from Sy Montgomery’s fine 2010 book Birdology , with some added material including an introduction, in which she describes how she has, a decade after her first experience with falconry “come back for more,” and some new color photos of (..)

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