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Spectacular Birding on Cerro Montezuma

10,000 Birds

'What happens when you visit one of the best birdwatching sites in the region with the highest number of endemic bird species in the Americas in the world’s birdiest country? Your mind gets blown. How else can I describe two days at Cerro Montezuma in Colombia. Cerro Montezuma or Montezuma Peak lies within Tatama National Park in Colombia’s Western Cordillera.

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Woof Wednesday: August

4 The Love Of Animals

'It’s hard to believe August is almost over already. Many human children are already back to school! Can you believe that? Hope you are squeezing as much fun out of what is left of summer while it’s still here. The post Woof Wednesday: August appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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What makes a good bird guide?

10,000 Birds

'Joining some travelling birders FB group, I’ve read a long list of dos and don’ts. One of many don’ts was: post no adverts. This made me think… I don’t think I’ve ever posted adverts – only recommendations. E.g., whenever I travel and use the services of local guides, if I was happy with them, I do recommend them. I am not dissatisfied with guides who do not manage to find the target bird, if they do try with all their heart.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

10,000 Birds

'There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here.

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Amazing New York State Pelagic Trip

10,000 Birds

'It was a week ago, at about 8 PM, that fifty-something birders boarded the Starstream VIII in Freeport and headed out over the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. I was one of those birders. And that makes me very, very, very, happy. Why? Well, I guess I should start at the beginning… I was the fourth to sign up for the trip which means that I was also the fourth to board the boat, which meant that I had my choice of plum spots to sleep.

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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents

10,000 Birds

'This week in birding news has it all covered. Er, sort of. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems , along comes a new scourge: nudists. Brings a new meaning to the term “shake your tail feathers” ! Disregard what Mary Poppins advises ; in Swansea, UK, feeding the birds will cost you (and a whole lot more than tuppence). Cormorants in the crosshairs —the U.S.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of August 2014)

10,000 Birds

'Summer, by which I mean accepted as opposed to seasonal, surges towards its inevitable end and I find myself wondering when real summer, by which I mean hot weather, will arrive. Somehow, I suspect fall migrants and summer heat will arrive at the same time… sounds awesome!! My favorite birds this weekend were a mess of Mallard ducklings I could share with my kids, niece, and nephew.

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Birding Thailand: Doi Lang

10,000 Birds

'Nearly every country or region has an area on its periphery that regularly attracts a tantalizing assortment of vagrants or a set of species that just barely make it over an international border. Understandably, these sites are particularly attractive and important to birders working on a regional list. For others, it is the desire to have a different birding experience from home without needing a passport.

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Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of August 2014?

10,000 Birds

'Keep your eyes to the skies, especially when you’re above the clouds in the Andes ! Many Northern Hemisphere birders see summer as the nadir of the annual bird watching experience. Once all the little chickies have fledged, things get kind of quiet. If you fall into this camp, the time has come to keep your ears and eyes open. If you hadn’t noticed, summer is coming to an end and birds are taking once more to their migratory routes.

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What’s That Chat? Part 1

10,000 Birds

'What Chat is That? Part 1. To the south of Johannesburg is an isolated mountain which rises from the surrounding plain. It plays host to the Suikersbosrand Nature Reserve and gave up a hatful of chats during a recent visit. The chats love the rocky slopes and grassland that make up much of the habitat on the Suikersbosrand estate. Particularly prized are areas of burned grass where larks and chats feed amongst the burnt grass stubs.

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The Flight of the Vultures

10,000 Birds

'The only bird we saw in every state was the Turkey Vulture. No vast kettles, yet, only ones and twos. But the turkey vultures would certainly leave the places we saw them – Montana, North Dakota, Illinois and Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and eventually New York – and head south. Maybe only to the southern borders of the same state in the case of some of the Pennsylvania birds, maybe down beyond the limits of the US through Central America for the westerners.

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Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan

10,000 Birds

'On two of our trips to Sydney we have made a visit to the Australian Botanic Gardens at Mount Annan. On the first trip in 2012 we used public transport to get there and the train conveniently gets you to Macarthur Square shopping centre and you can then get a bus that drops you right at the entrance to the park. It is advisable to allow several hours if you are on foot to enable you to follow the road through the park and also the trails.

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