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MARCH 14, 2011

By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway?

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2011 Kentucky Hunting Birds 105

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AUGUST 8, 2011

The deadline is September 5, 2011, so get to snapping! If your nature photography dazzles the eye and delights the imagination, you should consider entering this year’s award contest. If the phenomenal prizes don’t inspire you, the level of competition should!

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2011 78

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JANUARY 2, 2012

Rather than exhaust you poor readers I figured I would just share my top ten birds of 2011 with links to where I wrote about them, that is, if I did write about them. The number one bird of the year for me for 2011 is the Burrowing Owl. Will 2012 be as kind a year to me as 2011? What did I see? Honorable Mentions. … a.

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Birds 2011 Woodpeckers Puffins 91

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JANUARY 3, 2012

And this is my long-winded excuse for not participating in the official 10,000 Birds Best Bird of the Year 2011 round-up. But now that I have a bit of time off this week, I am getting around to reassessing 2011, and there is one birding moment that stands out and for which I am very much grateful.

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Birds 2011 Mongoose Thailand 95

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MARCH 16, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Galveston FeatherFest 2011 Galveston FeatherFest 2011 By Mike • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share Texas has been on my mind quite a bit lately, as has spring migration. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer Owls Birds 56

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MARCH 6, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2011) Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011? Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011) Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011?

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Birds 2011 Sparrows Owls 80

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus have now released the report on their bird protection camp during the peak of bird migration in autumn 2011.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The results of the Swarovski Optik Digiscoper of the Year 2011 have just been published and once again, they show just what is possible with a telescope and everything from a cheap compact camera to a semi-pro DSLR. and content (not just what the bird IS, but what it is DOING).

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2011 Eagles Birds Bald Eagle 102

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

My colleague Michaela absolutely loves Puffins and so I could not resist including this photo of a full-frontal puffin. Great job Xato (UK). www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV48TIkHVKg

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2011 Costa Rica Puffins Birds 99

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MARCH 11, 2011

The single resource for today’s quiz is a book I just purchased. • Explore These Related Posts Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens Avian Quiz Answer – March 11, 2011 Avian Quiz Feb 18 – Answer Avian Quiz – Feb 18, 2011.Or North America 2.

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MARCH 14, 2011

One Response to “Avian Quiz Answer – March 11, 2011&# Carolyn H Mar 14th, 2011 at 8:52 am I live in an area with the black-capped/carolina problem. Share Your Thoughts « Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011) Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! For one thing, I live on a mountain at around 1000 ft.,

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2011 Birds Owls Deer 56

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DECEMBER 31, 2011

On this final day of 2011 it is time, just like it was on the final day of 2010 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Here, without further ado, are your Best Birds of 2011, in no particular order. The bird I picked as my Best Bird of the Year 2011 is the Yellow-rumped Warbler.

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Birds 2011 Eagles Bald Eagle 74

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MARCH 17, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011? By Mike • March 17, 2011 • 24 comments Tweet Share Happy St. fantastic capture!

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Birds 2011 Owls Deer 60

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MARCH 10, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011? 10 Responses to “Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011?&#

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Birds 2011 Deer Owls 58

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MARCH 3, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011).Or Really nice!

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Birds 2011 Sparrows Owls 58

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MARCH 13, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2011) Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011? Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011) Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? link] Donna S.

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Birds 2011 Owls Deer 53

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

2011 is about to become 2012 and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the awesome sightings and devastating dips that they have experienced.

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Birds 2011 Owls Bald Eagle 93

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JULY 17, 2011

Chicken Inferno 2011… the bird being wired up to blow a. Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Birds 2011 Chickens Family 64

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JULY 21, 2011

As promised, here’s a sky-kissed look at the Picasso-themed centerpiece of Chicken Inferno 2011 a. Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend !

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Birds 2011 North America Chickens 65

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MAY 1, 2011

For those of you playing along at home, this gives me 17 new ABA birds for a total of 467 as of May 1, 2011. On the other hand, a woefully brief glimpse of a Hook-billed Kite at Bentsen State Park was all it took to move it from my world list to my ABA list.

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Birds 2011 Sparrows Falcons 63

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APRIL 19, 2011

I’ve already regaled readers with the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties” heroic first and second days in the 2011 Great Texas Birding Classic 5-Day Event.

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2011 Birds Texas Species 60

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JULY 19, 2011

For 13 years now, friends and family have been gathering in an undisclosed corner of Potter County, Pennsylvania during the third weekend of July to create a glorious giant chicken of wood, straw, and gunpowder only to burn it. See why we keep the location undisclosed?

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Chickens Birds 2011 Sparrows 79

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MAY 20, 2011

A most interesting question was posed to me by a birding friend. I could not guess the answer despite some pretty good tries on my part. I open the question up to you.

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2011 Birds Species New York 80

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

This will be my last Avian Quiz. I am hanging up my computer? My binoculars? Hard to tell. I hope you’ve had as much fun with these quizzes as I have had. Here is this week’s quiz: I was fortunate to visit a college friend these last few days. I live in the US, in New York State.

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2011 Species Birds New York 69

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JULY 1, 2011

Today’s quiz is all about birds. Every clue is about birds. Birds, birds, birds. The answer, however, is not about birds. I give clues to 4 words, a phrase. Your task is to figure out the next word in this sequence of words. 1 st two words: Birdsong I am hearing now, near the end of June, in the suburbs.

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2011 Birds Breeding Louisiana 69

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The final answer. Thank you all for your good wishes on this last quiz. And great appreciation for all the guesses and answers, right and wrong, throughout these years. For me, writing good quizzes has meant working long hard hours, researching, emailing, reading field guides, conferring with master birders around the world.

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2011 Birds Portland Oregon 76

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APRIL 29, 2011

This week’s quiz is all about what we don’t know. Or that the internet will allow anyone to post anything no matter whether it is correct or not. While researching this quiz on the internet, I have seen many numbers claiming to be the correct number. These numbers include 234, 204, 172, 225, 212, and 221.

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2011 North America Birds America 69

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Summer is ending, and that means the birds are migrating again. In Cyprus it also means that the hunters and trappers are active again. It starts with the trappers, who’ve been at it for weeks now. BirdLife Cyprus started their Fall monitoring program weeks ago. The trapping is particularly bad in the Cape Pyla area.

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Cyprus Birds 2011 Killing 83

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JULY 4, 2011

Ah yes, the answer to this week’s quiz. Here is what I remember about the quiz: the clues are all about birds, but the answer is not. OK, got it. Clues=birds. Answer=not birds. I gave clues to the first four words in a sequence of words, your job was to get the next word in sequence.

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2011 Birds Breeding Louisiana 72

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NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The odd climate patterns lately have conspired with my already suspect grasp of phenology to completely baffle my sense of season. As I’m sure you’ve heard me mention once or twice, winter comes early– very early –to western New York. Yet we’ve barely seen a flake of frost so far.

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Birds 2011 New York Experience 96

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OCTOBER 23, 2011

In the United States, so much seems to be happening towards the end of October. Not only is baseball hitting the very apex of what excitement it arouses, but the storylines in the National Football League are just beginning to manifest in reality rather than in the empty space between commentators.

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Birds 2011 Turkey United States 96

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Our late autumn has been absurdly warm in the northeastern United States and though winter is only days away it seems no one has notified the weather. That is, no one had notified the weather until this past Sunday, the day of the Queens County Christmas Bird Count.

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Birds Sparrows 2011 Ducks 64

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OCTOBER 30, 2011

Happy Halloween! See how I assume you celebrate Halloween no matter where in the world you live? Must be the way you’re dressed… The best bird of my weekend was Tufted Titmouse , which has become more prominent here as we approach winter.

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Birds 2011 Species Experience 93

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

It was a gusty weekend in New York City and environs, with fall finally feeling like fall is supposed to feel. Sparrows have almost completely taken over for wood-warblers and temperatures are finally waning as is only proper. How was your weekend?

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Birds Costa Rica 2011 Blackbirds 93

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Last week, I mentioned how odd the weather has been around here. By odd, of course, I mean absolutely lovely. I know these patterns are atypical for western New York. I’m still curious about what my fellow naturalists have noticed: has the weather been odd by you? Enough phenology… let’s get down to some field ornithology!

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Birds Ducks 2011 Jamaica 91

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Don’t you just love sharing your best bird of the weekend with people that actually appreciate exciting sightings? Precious few are fortunate enough to work in an office where avian observations are swapped around the water cooler. For those of us who are not in that chosen.0001% 0001% (Occupy ABA , anyone?),

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Birds Owls 2011 Species 90

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APRIL 15, 2011

This week’s quiz is geographically GLOBAL in nature. It is not limited to North America, as many of my other quizzes are. Your objective is to determine the correct country and then answer the questions shown at the bottom of the quiz. Here are the clues: 1. Some references indicate that this country has nearly 900 different species of birds.

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