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2013 AOU North American checklist proposals

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The first batch of proposals for the 2013 American Ornithologists’ Union North American checklist supplement has hit the ‘tubes. Proposal 2013-A-2 would split the “Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl” ( Glaucidium cobanense ) of southern Mexico and northern Central America from the widespread Northern Pygmy-Owl ( G.

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My 2013 Birding Year in Review (With My Top Ten Birding Moments!)

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In 2013 I birded in two countries, submitted eBird checklists for seven U.S. At the beginning of the year I said the following about my goals for the year’s birding: I start 2013 with 297 birds on my Queens Life List , 500 birds on my ABA Life List , and 1,096 birds on my World Life List. … Birding 2013 listing'

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of 2013)

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With simply a couple of days remaining before we consign this year’s calendars to the compost pile, our 2013 lists (deeds, birds, etc.) I spent the weekend with my family in the Bronx and was amazed by the proliferation of Red-tailed Hawks. are pretty much set.

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Birders As Family

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I just finished attending a really great conference called Focus on Diversity , The Changing Face of American Birding–which is an awesome event, (next year’s event will back up to the 2013 Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival so it would be a great way to get 2 awesome events in one trip). Have we all gone completely mental?

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Best Bird of the Year – 2013

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When all of you are settling in inside away from the snow for family, food and arguments, we’re all getting our travel on. This is because unlike most of the writers here I live in the Southern Hemisphere, which means that like a lot of people over here I take my yearly long break over the Christmas period.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2013)

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I know that families in the United States are already fretting/anticipating September’s arrival. Now that we’re later in the season, they are grouping either in family clusters or anticipation of migration. Another long, lovely summer weekend has slipped into history. Midsummer will be giving way any moment to late summer.

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Chats

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Back in 2013, as I was gradually getting back into birding, I found myself trying to ID a tiny bird that had visited my garden. (It They were also believed to be part of the Wood Warbler family. I’m guessing that most people these days communicate on social media through one or more chats. I myself am on several.

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