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All about alcids: Extravagant divers of northern oceans

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They gradually spread to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the southern coast of North America (before it was joined to South America) and gained the ability to pursue prey by diving in cool waters (see Pereira and Baker 2008 ). Today, as highly specialized pursuit divers, they are restricted to cool northern waters for a straightforward reason.

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Fledgling House Sparrow Getting Fed

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This post was first published in June 2008, but we’re sharing this tender moment to celebrate World Sparrow Day !) Though they are an invasive species here in North America they can still be pretty darn cute, though not as cute as baby raccoons !

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of July 2014)

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Though it wasn’t a life bird or a year bird it was the first Black-billed Cuckoo he had encountered in Queens since 2008 and only the second he has ever had in his home borough. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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10,000 Birds in The Library of Congress?!

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A quick search turns up the National Audubon Society page from 2008 along with pages from the American Veterinary Medical Association and Bob Bird’s run for US Senate in 2008. We are grateful for inclusion in the collection, particularly because this legendary repository of information is appallingly light on birding sites.

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Hermit Thrush in Forest Park

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Forest Park, Queens, New York, April 2008 On Thursday, a day that I didn’t have to be at work until noon, I, of course, got up early and took a stroll through Forest Park. … This post was first published in April of 2008 but a Hermit Thrush like this is too cool to keep hidden in the archives ! ……… a.

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White-Cheeked Pintails

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This post was last published in January 2008 , but we can’t keep ducks this delightful trapped in the archives now, can we?) Undaunted by larger moorhens or Neotropic Cormorants , White-cheeked Pintails in their festive flocks seem perfectly suited to that relaxed West Indies environment.

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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 may even see a tagged ibis, like we did on our trip to Sydney earlier this year. Duncan saw Australian White Ibis ”001″ on his trip , so keep an eye out!

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