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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Science, Citizen Science, and Citizen Savagery

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Birding in Israel? News Bird evolution Common Cuckoo Israel Nature News perching' Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna. Who knew there was such a thing?). Engineers are trying to mimic the mechanics of how birds perch in hopes of improving drones’ ability to land on wires.

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Champions of the Flyway – the Dakar Rally of Birding

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I’ve just returned from a trip to Israel and I feel like I’ve run 300 miles in a week…in the blazing sun…uphill…with no water…and carrying a one hundred pound sandbag. The playing field for the race was limited to southern Israel. And I had it easy.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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The Latin species name of the Common Greenshank , nebularia , sounds a bit like a science fiction novel to me – however, it means “misty” and apparently is derived from the birds’ misty, marshy habitat (HBW). Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai. If you want to signal to your environment that you a.

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