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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

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There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi. The Atlantic Coast population lingers on the breeding grounds after nesting to molt.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans. Corey Mar 12th, 2011 at 11:45 am Excellent post, as usual, David. I shall not tolerate such nonsense.

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What’s the Next ABA-Countable Exotic?

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Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2011-2012. There is also a survey underway in the northern Gulf Coast from Biloxi, Mississippi to Pensacola, Florida to quantify the population size of this bird in that region. Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2013-2014. So what is the next ABA-countable exotic?

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Birds of Prey of the East & Birds of Prey of the West: Review of Two Field Guides

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Like most regional bird guides, the Mississippi River is the line of demarcation. Birds of Prey of the East covers species that reside or migrate east of the Mississippi River and east of Manitoba and the west shore of Hudson Bay in Canada, and eastward across the Arctic islands to Greenland. Structure & Organization.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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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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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Maybe it was a version of the Mississippi River, maybe it was a version of the Warren River, likely both. Breeding and wintering locations of Common Loons in western Maine (Rangeley and Moosehead Lakes region), USA, that received PTTs in 2011 and 2012.*. A good way up one of the tallest pines is an Eagle’s nest.

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