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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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Nobody has seen any ever since after Category 5 Hurricane Dorian buffeted the low-lying islands with 200-mph winds for two days in September 2019. Hayes of Loma Linda University, who has studied the nuthatch since 2004. By 2004, the nuthatch population on Grand Bahama was said to range from a few hundred to several thousand.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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For oceanic birds he uses the taxonomy that he and Kirk Zufelt developed in Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide (PUP, 2019). of Texas Press, 2004). Lee Jones’ Birds of Belize is a good field guide but organized with plates separate from species accounts, and a lot has happened in the birding world since 2004.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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My Wryneck, Fang, Thailand, February 2019; copyright © Donna L. Gorman also leads bird tours in central and Eastern Europe and posts photos and updates on his work on his own website and, as I said before, Facebook. .”

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Bird Songs (but maybe not the kind you’re thinking): A review of “There Are Birds,” a music album, and an interview with songstress Stephanie Seymour

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She wanted to join in the annual Audubon Christmas bird count in 2004, and she did — but she couldn’t identify a thing. Last but not least, the cover of the album is a beautiful painting by the 2019 American Birding Association Bird of the Year Artist, Megan Massa.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Best wishes to you all for 2019, keep safe and keep birding. Without your contributions, many and varied, or few and consistent, the collabaorative list would be a very paltry affair. So please keep at it and keep sending me your shared checklists. A big thank you must also go to eBird whose listing software makes it possible. 23 May 2018.

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

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1997), and Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm, 2004). Howell and Kirk Zufelt’s Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide (PUP, 2019) and Howell’s pragmatic Offshore Sea Life ID Guides for the West and East Coasts (PUP, 2015). 1995), Skuas and Jaegers (Yale Univ. There are also guides like Steve N.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Bar-tailed Godwit – Limosa lapponica. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Ruddy Turnstone – Arenaria interpres. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Great Knot – Calidris tenuirostris. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Curlew Sandpiper – Calidris ferruginea. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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