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Autumn colours

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In the north of Australia we also have changing colours, but it is not the foliage that changes. • Explore These Related Posts Sea Snakes of Northern Australia The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida A long way from nowhere Tropical Cyclone Carlos Wet Season Wonders.Or 6 Grey Tailed Tattler, 6 Ruddy Turnstones and 2 1/2 Great Knot!

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Gulls in Larnaca, taken 22/02/2010 by ©Stavros Christodoulides Recognizing that gull identification is confusing doesn’t help your average birdwatcher however. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! how many species should we be recognizing?

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