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Aging a thrush.

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A completely leucistic thrush had been recorded in the park in July 2005 and the observation had been written up in a far more formal style than you are likely to see from this blogger. noted that the bird from 2005 was to be found in a small area with a few conspecifics. There was one entry that particularly caught my attention.

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Black-throated Gray Warbler at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

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There are only two previous records, one from the Christmas Bird Count in 1991 and one from November of 2005, when I didn’t live in Queens and had just gotten into birding. Interestingly, I had made a brief attempt at the 2005 bird but my time was severely limited by Daisy’s family obligations and I dipped.

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Australian White Ibis Survey

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This bird “040″ had been banded at about 5 weeks old in 2005 and given a tag as an adult in 2008 within Centennial Park. You can report your sightings easily online. You may even see a tagged ibis, like we did on our trip to Sydney earlier this year. Australian White Ibis “040″

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Australian White Ibis Survey 2013

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This bird “040″ had been banded at about 5 weeks old in 2005 and given a tag as an adult in 2008 within Centennial Park. You can report your sightings easily online. You may even see a tagged ibis, like we did on our trip to Sydney last year. Duncan saw Australian White Ibis ”001″ on his trip , so keep an eye out!

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Banded Lapwing visits Broome

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The last time we had a Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor visit was 25th February 2008 and prior to that was 23rd September 2005. We have a rare visitor in Broome at the moment, which is rather nice! It is with the Masked Lapwings Vanellus miles and enjoying the lush green grass as a result of recycled water from the Poo Ponds.

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I and the Bird #149

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I and the Bird , you may know, has served as the biweekly showcase of the best bird web writing around the world published since July 2005. I can respect that; after all, how many of the elements of online life in 2005 still exist unchanged today ( insert outdated technology here… I can’t remember back that far ) or at all?

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Rarities at the South Florida Bird Observatory

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2005 was a really interesting year with several notable rarities: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Thick-billed Vireo and Townsend’s Warbler. Since 2002, the five most numerous species banded at the nets are as follows in descending order: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Ovenbird, American Redstart, Gray Catbird and Black-and-white Warbler.

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