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My (belated) Best Bird of the Year 2011: Racket-tailed Treepie

10,000 Birds

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. Happy birding, Dale Forbes a.

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Backstory: Digiscoper of the Year 2011

10,000 Birds

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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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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Pet-Related Charities Receive Early Holiday Present

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What an amazing early holiday present for the pups and kitties at these shelters! Purina ONE® beyOnd™ will be available beginning January 2011. Here is the breakdown of how much each nonprofit will receive as a result of the online voting: American Humane Association: $103,200. Adopt A Pet: $43,800. Operation Baghdad: $32,400.

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Hawks At A Distance: A Timely Classic

10,000 Birds

At a recent Queens County Bird Club meeting, hawk expert Josh Haas illustrated his presentation on migrating hawk identification with videos of hawk species on a split screen, so we could see the differences between, let’s say, a flying Red-tailed Hawk and a flying Broad-winged Hawk. And video resources. Why another hawk book?”

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

10,000 Birds

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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Best Bird of the Year 2011

10,000 Birds

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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