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Nesting Red-capped Plovers

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Red-capped Plover well camouflaged on the sand Red-capped Plover Close proximity to vehicle tracks near the nest Red-capped Plover checking for threats from above Once the eggs or eggs hatch out the Red-capped Plovers will take the young to the ocean and protect them.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011?

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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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Killing Birds in Cyprus – Fall 2011 Version

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If you’re a birder though, you had better have a police escort as some of my birder friends had to last week, while they went as part of an Important Bird Area data gathering group. There are also hunters in Cyprus, which are an entirely different situation.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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Reading over my email from that period, I can’t believe I ended up there at all–I was working on a chaotic project at work, the economy was in crisis (well, the economy is always in crisis, but this was the summer of 2011, as in Black Monday crisis), and the tour itself was not confirmed till two months before the start date.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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A few years later, in December 2011, we had 6500 Pygmy Cormorants overwintering inside the city. Even among the protected areas of Serbia, Djerdap National Park stands out as better preserved than most. In Belgrade, Pygmy Cormorants reach their peak numbers in late November to early December. Finding shorebirds. Djerdap National Park.

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Petrel Paradise

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Petrel Paradise Petrel Paradise By Duncan • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels. That is all. I want to see prions someday.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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