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White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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Being winter, this bird is in non-breeding plumage with more brown upper parts and lacking the white face it acquires in its aternate (breeding) plumage. 6 Responses to “White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge&# Birding is Fun! It was foraging in breast deep water. You never know what you might see!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2017)

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June may be the gateway to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the birding still delivers the thrills of spring migration when you have access to the right birds’ breeding grounds. I visited Letchworth State Park this weekend, renowned for a ridiculous density of breeding wood warblers. How about you?

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Giveaway of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The.

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This offering is actually hard to part with: a copy of Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil signed by both John Gwynne, who managed the project, and Guy Tudor, eminent neotropical bird artist and art director of the project. Time to give away a wonderful book on 10,000 Birds!

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. In some years, Spanish Sparrows were reported breeding inside White Storks nests in Sakule. “I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders.

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After Some Merritt Island Specialties

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Southern Florida offers many unique wintering birds, but perhaps none more so then the sparrows that call different parts of Florida their winter homes. Tom Dunkerton tipped me off to an area on the Black Merritt National Wildlife Refuge where some of my target birds can be seen. Think Grasshopper Sparrow !

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Bonus Season – Late Winter

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Yes, it’s vital to leash your dog and teach him to be respectful of wildlife, but if you can manage that, he will make a phenologist out of you. Cultures that experience it generally put a holiday of some sort at the end to motivate people to even bother living through it. By you, of course, I mean me.

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

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Conversely, parts of the world that have traditionally been quite dry may experience more rainfall. I think a lot of people know that climate change is not a positive thing, but do they know whats in it for wildlife? Though they breed on the tundra, Pomarine Jaegers spend most of their lives at sea. Whats in it for birds?