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MAY 7, 2019

Essay #158, “Things Birders Do: Big Years,” starts with the writer’s observation of a Barn Owl and then defines a Big Year, surprisingly celebrating it as opportunities for solitary introspection. He received a B.A. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University and a Ph.D.

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

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MAY 5, 2020

Interestingly, the field guide I’m looking at today, the larger field guide covering all of North America, was not published until 2008, the year Peterson would have been 100 years old. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition is an updated and expanded edition of a field guide first published in 2008.

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North America America Hawaii Birds 218

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MARCH 8, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Finally a Feeder Watcher Recent Forest Park Birding Unpacking My 2009 Year List New Year, New Bird Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. at Princeton University in 1990. Wicked, right?

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

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JULY 14, 2011

’s landmark 2008 paper ) in the context of each other. The relationships among these families have been pretty well sorted out, and the entire clade belongs in a clade of landbirds ( passerines, parrots, diurnal raptors, mousebirds, owls , etc.) whose full make-up and internal relationships are not resolved.

Madagascar 164

Madagascar Birds Louisiana Groups 164

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Birds and Booze News: Blue Owl Brewery of Austin, Texas has teamed up with the Travis Audubon Society to create a beer to raise awareness for the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. The blend itself has nothing to do with falcons, but was named in memory of Oregon brewer Glen Hay Falconer, who met an untimely death in 2002.

India 121

India Falcons Austin Farming 121

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MARCH 3, 2011

VRinA2 Mar 4th, 2011 at 9:32 pm Heading to the Soo, looking for Snowy Owls. Calif.) @ VRinA2 – where are you looking for Snowy Owls? Corey: I’m shooting for the numbers of species and number of lists I had in 2008! Busy, busy, but hope to get out to look for waterfowl in the Vancouver area. Wicked, right?

2011 145

2011 Los Angeles Deer Birds 145

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MARCH 8, 2011

We filmed these particular birds in early 2008 and this was when my videographer, Aderman, was still getting to grips with bird filming. I love the subtle colors of these birds and the way that they easily blend in with the sandy and dune landscapes that they inhabit. Wicked, right?

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 197

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OCTOBER 21, 2012

Neoaves contains the great bulk of the diversity and the species of living birds, from songbirds to storks and owls to hummingbirds. The 2008 “Early Bird” framework proposed by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues is being ratified and refined by successive studies using new techniques and different sets of samples.

Parrots 142

Parrots Falcons South America 2008 142

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MARCH 20, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

2011 150

2011 Australia Deer China 150

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There were waterbirds and raptors, owls and woodpeckers, thrushes, grosbeaks and crossbills, and of course those charming and indispensable new world warblers. He died on July 27, 2008. Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree.

Birds 225

Birds Woodpeckers Canada Collecting 225

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NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For thirty-five of those years the compiler was Bob Dieterich, who passed the reins to Ian Resnick in 2008, the year I did my first count. For eighty years now, the birders of Queens have given up one day in December to participate in the Queens County Christmas Bird Count. Hopefully, we will find a way to get access.

Birds 163

Birds New York City New York New Jersey 163

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MARCH 18, 2011

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. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Wicked, right?

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are 28 chapters—“Waders,” “Large Waterside Birds,” “Owls and nightjars,” “Birds of prey” (pulling together vultures, hawks and falcons), “Aerial feeders” (swifts, swallows, martins), etc.—plus Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar.

Ireland 148

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 148

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APRIL 2, 2013

The Second Atlas’s logo, designed by bird carver Larry Barth, with its perched Scarlet Tanager, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Ruffed Grouse, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Raven, and Eastern Bluebird, gives a good idea of the diversity of birds that can be found in Pennsylvania. of New Mexico Press, 2005).

Pennsylvania 236

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 236

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DECEMBER 20, 2014

It confirms many of the once-radical notions put forward or refined by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues in 2008, and several since, and it proposes solutions to some of the most deeply unresolved questions about how major bird groups are related to each other. ( In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. Jarvis et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Nonggang Babbler ‘s claim to fame is having only been discovered in 2008 (as a meaningless reference, it should be added that the first iPhone was released in 2007, one year earlier). Nonggang is a rural place in Guangxi with a nice landscape somewhat reminiscent of coastal Northern Vietnam (well, it is not too far away).

China 147

China Vietnam Birds Monkeys 147

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JULY 11, 2013

This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better politics: in 2007, poachers killed only 13 rhinos in South Africa, but in 2008 already 83, in 2009 – 122, in 2010 – 333, in 2011 – 448 and in 2012 a staggering 668! Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam!

Africa 197

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 197

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MARCH 13, 2011

Moved by an unseasonable bout of optimism, I went owl-chasing this weekend and actually encountered what has been a true nemesis bird for me: Northern Saw-whet Owl ! Make It to the Midwest Birding Symposium Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of September 2008? we might have a shot at another spring. Wicked, right?

2011 133

2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

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MARCH 14, 2011

From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4 Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona. Wicked, right?

2011 252

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher – Chloroceryle inda.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Parque do Ibirapuera.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. European Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Powerful Owl – Ninox strenua. Lesser Shortwing – Brachypteryx leucophris.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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JANUARY 7, 2018

I have used “Christidis and Boles 2008 key to species names” until now, but due to the fact that it is not going to be updated into the future I will start to use the latest Birdlife Australia Rarites Committee list using IOC names. Eastern Barn Owl- Tyto delicatula-deceased -Broome, January 9th.

2018 100

2018 Ducks Barn Owls Falcons 100

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JANUARY 5, 2014

Once again for my Australian birds I will use the “Christidis and Boles 2008 key to species names” and list them in the order that they come on that list. Eastern Barn Owl- Tyto javanica -(deceased)-Broome, January 1st. Common Noddy. Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Chalcites minutillus -Broome, January 5th.

2014 148

2014 Ducks Barn Owls Eagles 148

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APRIL 15, 2015

According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here. Another of Ghana’s forest gems, the seldom encountered Fraser’s Eagle Owl. . million hectares in 2007. Birding Ghana rainforest'

Ghana 197

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 197

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Ken also had a very dry sense of humour … and we definitively enjoyed his wry take on life… Despite being only in his twenties [in 2008], Ken seemed to have been birding for at least forty years, so good were his birding skills.”. There are 10 side boxes further underlying some topics, e.g.

Rwanda 213

Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 213

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. African Scops-Owl – Otus senegalensis. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Powerful Owl – Ninox strenua. Lesser Shortwing – Brachypteryx leucophris.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100