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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2011)

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Those of you not living across a Great Lake from Canada may be suffering, but I’ve been absolutely loving this month! Now how about those birds… Corey has really beaten the summertime birding blues by focusing on the best of what the season of resident breeders has to offer: baby birds!

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Common Gallinule, the lost Moorhen

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David J Ringer , on January 11th, 2011 wrote a story called Moorhen Mania: Splitting and renaming of the Common Moorhen. The Common Gallinule , is the most wide spread of all the members of the rail family, being found from Canada, to Chile, Europe, Asia, Africa, much of the Pacific, and the Galapagos Islands.

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Summer Foovay Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:43 pm I don’t know about anyone else but I like both the manky ducks and ganky geese. cygnoides ) ancestors.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

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Duncan has contributed to break through the unspoken target of 2000 birds for 10,000 Birds and on to a running total of 2011 as at August 31st. All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. 15 Jan 2016.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis. 15 Jan 2016. 03 Jan 2016.

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