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Cow Birds

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The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. Wikimedia Commons Bucerotidae is etymologically opaque to most birders, I’d venture, but when Rafinesque described the family almost two centuries ago, he had kine on his mind. Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? Thanks for visiting!

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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First issued in a limited printing in 1972, then re-issued by Ammo Press in 2008 after Harper’s death in June 2007, it contains images that are iconic and familiar, striking and unique. Graphic artist Todd Oldham writes in the 2008 preface that this font is called “kismet”. I can’t find any kismet-titled fonts that are swirley.

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The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida

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Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. We filmed these particular birds in early 2008 and this was when my videographer, Aderman, was still getting to grips with bird filming. Thanks for visiting!

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Thrashing XXX

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Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Lucky for us, world-traveler Tim Ryan of From the Faraway, Nearby was good enough to provide a profusely-illustrated account of his visit to Tambopata as a volunteer in 2008. Please go to [link] Tags: macaws , parrots , peru , tambopata • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Thanks for visiting!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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Make It to the Midwest Birding Symposium Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of September 2008? I always choose a target bird for my trips to Florida, which are mainly to visit with family, but I never ever dreamed that one of my FL Life Birds would be a MacGillivray’s. I got the bird. Thanks for visiting!

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

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