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My eBird Citizen Science Experiment

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We drove for about 290 km through the 400 square kilometres expanse of Pancevacki Rit and found 8 breeding colonies with 252 occupied nests, or a density of 1.6 And that is where I started to experiment with the eBird. Two years ago, I was counting active nests of Rooks in the flat agricultural landscape north of Belgrade, Serbia.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For the nature lovers and birders who participate in breeding bird surveys, the atlas represents hours, often hundreds of hours, of volunteer time spent within a community of citizen scientists doing what they love, observing birds. So, what exactly does a breeding bird atlas contain?

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

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

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Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. 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^).

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Hill’s PetFit Challenge

4 The Love Of Animals

o Each box contains food and treats for 4-5 weeks (depending on breed and target weight) including: o Daily pre-portioned dry food packets that take out the guess work. The meals are available in two sizes: Small Breed and Medium to Large Breed. for Small Breed sizes and $59.99 for Medium to Large Breed size.

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A Pied Oystercatcher family

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It has been twelve weeks now since the first pair of Pied Oystercatchers attempted to breed along the stretch of beach that we survey and as with each year there have been setbacks. There was a long stretch of beach that did not have a breeding pair, but it was in amongst the vehicles and nudists that frequent the area at this time of year.

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Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina

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It breeds across Canada’s boreal forest and most winter in the Caribbean, though some spend the cold months in Central America. The shot below is of a first-fall female Cape May Warbler taken in Potter County, Pennsylvania, by Mike Bergin in September of 2009. Read about them here but also get out and experience them.

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