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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background. A few years later, in December 2011, we had 6500 Pygmy Cormorants overwintering inside the city. You may have read about Kikinda in the Wall Street Journal or the BBC Wildlife Magazine. Top-20 birds.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). in 2011*) came about. This is too bad.

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How Many Birders Are There, Really?

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That study (which used data from 2011) claimed that there were 47 million “birders,” of which 41 million were stay-at-home “backyard birders” and 18 million were more active “away-from-home” birders who traveled at least a mile to see birds. Magazines : There are several magazines dedicated to birding. In 2013, the U.S.

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A Problem with Gulls

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11 Responses to “A Problem with Gulls&# Mike Mar 4th, 2011 at 2:07 pm This is terrific, Dan, and terrifically daunting. Dan Mar 4th, 2011 at 3:35 pm Thanks Mike! Redgannet Mar 4th, 2011 at 7:39 pm I usually solve my gull identification problems by looking the other way and pretending I haven’t seen them.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.* Wayne Miller, Time Magazine, Nov. I wish Karlson and Rosselet had cited scientific articles explaining the basics of brain psychobiology to support their ideas.

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Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

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This exhibit has been making the rounds of science museums, and if comes to your area I highly recommend it, not just for kids. If you don’t live near a science museum, then read this chapter. Princeton University Press, 2011, 192 pp. The range of sizes and colors and shapes amongst frogs is just amazing! 200 photos.

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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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