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APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. For example, Wright doesn’t just say that Abert’s Towhee can be found in Utah.

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North America Sparrows America United States 157

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2009

She has had two for the past ten years, one she bought and had shipped from a breeder in Utah, the other from a breeder in Virginia. From discussions with people who buy from breeders, I understand the reasoning behind getting a purebred dog when it comes to the hunting or working breeds. Here's a story from the demand side.

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Kansas Kittens Purebred Breeders 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

Now free flying in California, Arizona, Utah, and Baja, condors are slowly making a comeback thanks to those, like the Center, who’ve committed to captive breeding and releasing these amazing birds. When they finally lift off, I’ve heard it said to hear the rush of wind through their wings is something you never forget.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

These Blasts From The Past American Seabirds Thrown a Lifeline Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere Breeding Site of Large-billed Reed-Warbler Found Queens Christmas Bird Count IATB #137 Deadline About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

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JANUARY 26, 2014

The photo above is a breeding-plumaged Myrtle Warbler by Kelly Colgan Azar. Write the authors: Near the border of Utah and Arizona there is a transition to a second, deeply divergent mitochondrial DNA clade (Brelsford et al. 2011), which was previously assumed to be geographically restricted to Mexico in the black-fronted warbler.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 245

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MARCH 6, 2011

Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. We certainly see enough of them, don’t we?

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Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

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MARCH 9, 2011

The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. I can see why you thought you had found a new breed with this one. Do you think it is the female? The proposal from U.S.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 154

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MARCH 3, 2011

Though breeding grounds for neotropical migrants get the bulk of attention in North America wintering grounds are just as critical, and any news about land being preserved as wintering habitat for the Cerulean Warbler is wonderful. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

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MARCH 2, 2011

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. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. It was foraging in breast deep water. The proposal from U.S.

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Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 156

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MARCH 8, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Deer New York Owls 152

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MARCH 20, 2011

The male Bar-tailed Godwit are the first to show us breeding plumage and then the Red Knot and Curlew Sandpipers have two beautiful reds-red wine rather than cranberry juice! Breeding colour becomes rather obvious! She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot.

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

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MARCH 16, 2011

By March though Scandinavian Rock Pipit begins to show some changes into breeding plumage and outs itself as a migrant rather than a resident. By the way: at the Baltic coast we had large flocks of spinoletta migrating through in late March/April, and due to them moulting from non-breeding to breeding plumage, many had seemingly pale lores.

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2011 Deer Fish New York 156

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MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

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MARCH 8, 2011

This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation. Piping plovers are always a treat to see, whether at their coastal or inland breeding grounds or whether at their southern wintering grounds.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 200

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MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Yellow-Legged Gull These gulls breed around the Mediterranean and have yellow, rather than flesh-coloured legs. Get yours today! I am clearly not.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

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MARCH 2, 2011

Birders who have been to California might be familiar with the latter two, indeed we would be close to the Poor Knights Islands later in the day, the site of the only breeding colony of Buller’s Shearwaters in the whole world. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 176

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MARCH 8, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Early Holocene Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Remains from SOUTHERN Utah: Implications for the Origins of the Puebloan Domestic Turkeys. Newbold, Bradley, et.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 210

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MARCH 13, 2011

They breed across Canada and Alaska’s boreal forest near ponds and lakes, using nest holes made by woodpeckers, almost exclusively flickers. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

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MARCH 6, 2011

I had a beautifull view on 5 horned grebe here (one in breeding plumage), in Ann Arbor Michigan, for the 3 seconds it lasted, until I heard a huge “CRRACK&# , and I fell through the ice. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. And my first Killdeer of year!

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2011 New York Deer Birds 156

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MARCH 10, 2011

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Instead I saw a flash of orange. The proposal from U.S.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. She is actively involved in fieldwork and maintaining the database.

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 153

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MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 221

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MARCH 17, 2011

The variety of plumages that they show and the way different individuals molt at different times is interesting to me and I have stopped being surprised at seeing a small flock of ruddies with some nearly in full breeding, or alternate plumage, while others are still in their basic, or non-breeding plumage. The proposal from U.S.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 144

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MARCH 2, 2011

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 187

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JULY 4, 2012

This entire cycle begins in early Spring when Western Bluebirds pair up for breeding. They are listed as sensitive in Oregon and Utah; a candidate for listing in Washington and a species of high concern by New Mexico Partners in Flight. Above is the male Western Bluebird and below the female at the entrance to a nest box or birdhouse.

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Washington Eggs California 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Outside of the breeding season a few birds may join together in a loose flock if the feeding is good. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. To describe the back as grey makes it sound very drab, but in good light it takes on a bluish hue. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer India New York 191

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Here’s hoping this bird makes it back to its home turf to breed and comes back to spend another winter in New York State! Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Many thanks to Fred Jordan for being a wonderful host with great enthusiasm for his awesome avian visitor.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age. Ohio has tracked two families of their state-endangered breeding sandhill cranes and found them to have wintered over in Tennessee in 2010. Lots to think about.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254

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MARCH 12, 2011

Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. The Magnificent Frigatebird is the bird I would want to see. The proposal from U.S.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 216

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MARCH 9, 2011

Let us for once judge a book by its cover, and take a thorough look at a Black-headed Gull in breeding plumage. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Are you quite sure that sentence should not include &# their appearance &# and “ apparently “?

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. There are 400 whooping cranes left in the wild, 100 of them in the eastern population.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

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AUGUST 15, 2022

thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota.

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Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

They will feed up there and then head north to Siberia to breed. The shorebirds are starting to get their breeding plumage and the first to show some colour are the male Bar-tailed Godwit. She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot.

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2011 Australia Deer New York 146

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MARCH 21, 2011

On the other hand, I quite enjoyed an array of Long-tailed Ducks at Irondequoit Bay, including one male in breeding plumage. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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2011 Deer Birds Costa Rica 140

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MARCH 19, 2011

Outside of the tropics, nesting would usually take place in the spring (in the southern hemisphere, spring and the height of the breeding season occurs before Christmas); these pictures were taken in March as the weather in Cape Town is beginning to cool. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Breeding behaviour and plumage was very apparent, but John Wise , an ex-pat Brit now resident in Orlando, told me that the birds’ activities had been held up for a couple of weeks during a cold snap that saw frosts in Florida. Mike Mar 5th, 2011 at 1:32 pm Those egrets in breeding plumage are absolutely exquisite!

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117