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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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The indoor workshop started with a Covid self-testing (where everyone was negative), followed by lectures on the Swarovski company, its ethos and products. The next day we had an outdoor workshop and a chance to test the toys. At the end of the workshop we all went birding, to further test the glasses of our choice.

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The most important book about European birds in this century

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Despite all that sun, I have spent days in a darkened Museu Blau on a pan-European bird atlassing workshop hosted by the Catalan Ornithological Institute. A few years on, the adventure continues: It is a cold night in early March and the young moon is barely visible through the thick branches of the oak forest along our census route.

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Birding the road from Kabul to Jalalabad

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We will establish a series of online workshops, trainings, and seminars for young women. Anyone with knowledge of the equipment in this area and an interest in helping is very welcome to contact me. The second, even more pressing area is female education.

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Birding Kabul, Afghanistan

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We will establish a series of online workshops, trainings, and seminars for young women. Anyone with knowledge of the equipment in this area and an interest in helping is very welcome to contact me. The second, even more pressing area is female education.

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You Should Go to the American Birding Expo!

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There will be workshops , field trips , and some amazing keynote presentations , including Julie Zickefoose and Scott Weidensaul. Tickets to get in are only $10 and considering this gets you workshops, field trips, access to the exhibition floor, book signings, keynote presentations, and everything else the Expo has to offer!

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Out Birding to Help an Endemic Sparrow in Costa Rica

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Carry out workshops and train more people locally on how to do telemetry properly. This could help provide years of valuable data. Do more work on Ceruleans, actually following them on foot with a manual receiver to learn about their home range and habitat use at Las Brisas Reserve. Check out the video!

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Tragically Beautiful?

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Rest assured – I attended an oiled bird workshop some years ago so at least I have some idea of how to clean an oiled bird! All this being said, I revisited the area several times since and never laid eyes on it again. With what I had been told, I was prepared to at least attempt to capture it and wash it. But no luck.

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