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The Greek Strategy

10,000 Birds

Hence, back to strategy. I grab binoculars in time to see a close up of a male Sardinian Warbler framed in olive leaves. But, however successful it proved to be at the moment, waiting for accidental appearance is not the best birding tactic. A – the Prespa Lakes National Park (Google Maps).

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A Global Big Day Strategy for Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

As for myself, if all goes well, I am counting some sweet hundreds of target species in three to four distinct habitats.

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Big Day Birding in Costa Rica- Strategies and Constraints

10,000 Birds

Up north, strategies for a Big Day have to include knowledge of sites for breeding birds, the best places to find migrants, driving times, and the ability to identify by sight or sound, anything that peeps, flies, or pops into view.

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The Three Grassquits of Trinidad and Tobago

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Sooty Grassquit , employing an effective strategy to strip grass seeds. This species is not common in low-lying grassy fields typical of grassquits, but tends to gravitate toward more wooded areas, feeding on grass seeds in clearings and forest edge habitat. Sooty Grassquit , female.

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Describe the Rights of Animals

Speaker: Glenn Koepke and Steve Rotter

Hear success stories from Land O’Lakes, Coca-Cola, and Dollar Tree on how they beat the summer supply chain heat with real-time visibility.

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A xxxxxxxx of Woodswallows

10,000 Birds

To prove the point the above photo shows a flock of Dusky Woodswallows in a mass which is, I believe, a strategy to avoid the cold. At my house on a very chilly winter morning it may be as cold as five degrees Celcius [40 degrees Farenheit] although this happens only very rarely. Even for some of the birds it is cold.

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My Do-over

10,000 Birds

My recent brief trip to California made this strategy especially easy. I had planned to follow this strategy, while adding just one longer birding trip during our five-day stay. Usually, my solution involves mild sleep deprivation. First, California is two time zones further west, so I was able to get out the door at 8 a.m.