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Birding at a Historic Sporting Estate

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During cold winters, the hunters retreated to the south, intent on quail and other game species. Red-headed Woodpeckers chattered to each other as they flew from tree to tree, and I marveled at just how many I spotted. Setting off across a wide field, I made a slow circle around a glass-calm pond.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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Assuming that the (North American) Imperial Woodpecker and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker are both extinct, the Great Slaty Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker species alive. One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry.

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Forest Bathing

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From what I’ve been hearing, sport hunters are chomping at the bit to also return to the forest in droves. That corner was particularly fruitful as always, we even had appearances by a Cocoa Woodcreeper and a Chestnut Woodpecker. Within the same tree, a pair of Golden-olive Woodpeckers were also poking around.

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

10,000 Birds

The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills. The rivers here will give you a chance to find Ibisbill , White-capped and Plumbeous Water Redstarts , Small Pratincoles and forktails.

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Come@Me Week Round Up

10,000 Birds

1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers. 7AM – Duncan: Bird Photography is a Fantastic Waste of Time. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle.

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Welcome to Come@Me Week

10,000 Birds

1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers. 7AM – Duncan: Birders Don’t Need to Dress Like Geeky Desert Storm Cosplayers. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. Well, except maybe you.

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Nine-legged Plover?

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A Fascinating Blog Post Three Brave Boys Save Secretary Bird Black-backed Woodpecker to Get Protection in California? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. These Blasts From The Past Nature Carnivals Now and Later Why are Birds So Important to People?

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