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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

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For almost 20 years during which the League for Ornithological Action had been following the Pygmy Cormorant in Belgrade, the maximum number was recorded in the winter of 2007/2008, when the population counted 6,728 individuals.

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First Phoebe of 2015

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2009 – 15 March. 2007 – 26 March. If you are interested, here are the dates of my first phoebe from each of the last ten years. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2006 – 03 March. Great, I’m your first phoebe of 2015.

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Kirtland’s Warbler Population Stable

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Their were 1,805 pairs of Kirtland’s Warblers found in Michigan this year, second only to 2009′s 1,813. The population has stabilized with neither increases nor decreases of greater than five percent since 2007. A couple dozen pairs also nest in neighboring states and provinces.

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First Phoebe of 2014

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2009 – 15 March. 2007 – 26 March. Here are my arrival dates for my first Eastern Phoebes of the year for the last nine years: 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2006 – 03 March. What about you?

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First Phoebe of 2016

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2009 – 15 March. 2007 – 26 March. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things… 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March.

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

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The Accounts utilize the “user-friendly” field guide sequence proposed in “The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility” by Howell and five other notable birding authors ( Birding , 2009^). © 2007, 2014 text Richard Garrigues, © 2007, 2014 illustrations Marc Roegiers and John K. © 2003 text H.

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My Birding Goals for 2017

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I saw 425 in 2016, 510 in 2015, 560 in 2014, 517 in 2013, 529 in 2012, 375 in 2011, 601 in 2010, 609 in 2009, 313 in 2008, and 459 in 2007. The last time I failed to do this was 2009 so this should be a gimme. Over the last ten years my year list totals have varied quite a bit. I will get at least 30 life birds.

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