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MARCH 25, 2011
Earth Hour 2011 takes place tomorrow, March 26, 2011 ! People, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour at 8:30pm local time. The World Wild Life Fund hosts this event to help spread the word that people care about the Earth, and conserving the resources we have.
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DECEMBER 30, 2010
Celebrate safely, and we look forward to seeing you in 2011!! Your secrets are safe with me. Make you feel a little better whenever I’m around because you’re the best thing that has ever happened to me.
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MARCH 19, 2011
3 Responses to “World Sparrow Day 2011&# Drew Mar 19th, 2011 at 8:29 pm If they provide the postage, I’d be glad to catch a few and send them back! Rezowan Mar 20th, 2011 at 6:30 am This day should observed more effectively. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Want to know what’s in store for the winter of 2011-2012? Check out the Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012 !
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MARCH 13, 2011
In honor of Petfinder.com’s 15th birthday , they want everyone to spread the word about pet adoption on March 15, 2011. March 15th is “Adopt the Internet Day&# ! What is it and how do you help? We love this idea and will be participating! Add a badge to your Web site to show your support.
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MARCH 20, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / First Phoebe of 2011 First Phoebe of 2011 By Corey • March 20, 2011 • 11 comments Tweet Share My first sighting of an Eastern Phoebe each year is, for me, when spring officially begins.
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
If you do know what a kestrel is, particularly an American Kestrel , our buddy Robert Mortensen came up with a constructive way to finish your Labor Day weekend… The purpose of the Great Kestrel Count 2011 is to celebrate the the ABA Bird of the Year, introduce someone to birding, and have fun.
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AUGUST 8, 2011
The deadline is September 5, 2011, so get to snapping! If your nature photography dazzles the eye and delights the imagination, you should consider entering this year’s award contest. If the phenomenal prizes don’t inspire you, the level of competition should!
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JANUARY 2, 2012
Rather than exhaust you poor readers I figured I would just share my top ten birds of 2011 with links to where I wrote about them, that is, if I did write about them. The number one bird of the year for me for 2011 is the Burrowing Owl. Will 2012 be as kind a year to me as 2011? What did I see? Honorable Mentions. … a.
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JANUARY 3, 2012
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.
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MARCH 16, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Galveston FeatherFest 2011 Galveston FeatherFest 2011 By Mike • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share Texas has been on my mind quite a bit lately, as has spring migration. Wicked, right?
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MARCH 6, 2011
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FEBRUARY 27, 2012
“The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus have now released the report on their bird protection camp during the peak of bird migration in autumn 2011.
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NOVEMBER 22, 2011
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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DECEMBER 20, 2011
My colleague Michaela absolutely loves Puffins and so I could not resist including this photo of a full-frontal puffin. Great job Xato (UK). www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV48TIkHVKg
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MARCH 11, 2011
The single resource for today’s quiz is a book I just purchased. • Explore These Related Posts Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens Avian Quiz Answer – March 11, 2011 Avian Quiz Feb 18 – Answer Avian Quiz – Feb 18, 2011.Or North America 2.
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MARCH 14, 2011
One Response to “Avian Quiz Answer – March 11, 2011&# Carolyn H Mar 14th, 2011 at 8:52 am I live in an area with the black-capped/carolina problem. Share Your Thoughts « Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011) Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! For one thing, I live on a mountain at around 1000 ft.,
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DECEMBER 31, 2011
On this final day of 2011 it is time, just like it was on the final day of 2010 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Here, without further ado, are your Best Birds of 2011, in no particular order. The bird I picked as my Best Bird of the Year 2011 is the Yellow-rumped Warbler.
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MARCH 17, 2011
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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MARCH 10, 2011
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MARCH 3, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011).Or Really nice!
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MARCH 13, 2011
• Explore These Related Posts Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2011) Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011? Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011) Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? link] Donna S.
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DECEMBER 19, 2011
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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JULY 17, 2011
Chicken Inferno 2011… the bird being wired up to blow a. Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
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JULY 21, 2011
As promised, here’s a sky-kissed look at the Picasso-themed centerpiece of Chicken Inferno 2011 a. Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend !
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MAY 1, 2011
For those of you playing along at home, this gives me 17 new ABA birds for a total of 467 as of May 1, 2011. On the other hand, a woefully brief glimpse of a Hook-billed Kite at Bentsen State Park was all it took to move it from my world list to my ABA list.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2011
I’ve already regaled readers with the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties” heroic first and second days in the 2011 Great Texas Birding Classic 5-Day Event.
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AUGUST 11, 2015
Supernatural star, Misha Collins, started GISHWHES (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen), in 2011 to help people have a lot more fun. What is GISHWHES? And how are pets getting in on the fun? The hunt takes … Continue reading → The post What is GISHWHES? appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.
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JULY 19, 2011
For 13 years now, friends and family have been gathering in an undisclosed corner of Potter County, Pennsylvania during the third weekend of July to create a glorious giant chicken of wood, straw, and gunpowder only to burn it. See why we keep the location undisclosed?
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MAY 20, 2011
A most interesting question was posed to me by a birding friend. I could not guess the answer despite some pretty good tries on my part. I open the question up to you.
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OCTOBER 7, 2011
This will be my last Avian Quiz. I am hanging up my computer? My binoculars? Hard to tell. I hope you’ve had as much fun with these quizzes as I have had. Here is this week’s quiz: I was fortunate to visit a college friend these last few days. I live in the US, in New York State.
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OCTOBER 10, 2011
The final answer. Thank you all for your good wishes on this last quiz. And great appreciation for all the guesses and answers, right and wrong, throughout these years. For me, writing good quizzes has meant working long hard hours, researching, emailing, reading field guides, conferring with master birders around the world.
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2011
Today’s quiz is all about birds. Every clue is about birds. Birds, birds, birds. The answer, however, is not about birds. I give clues to 4 words, a phrase. Your task is to figure out the next word in this sequence of words. 1 st two words: Birdsong I am hearing now, near the end of June, in the suburbs.
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MARCH 12, 2023
This includes a white Red Knot in 2011 and a Greater Sand Plover with abnormal plumage between 2016 and 2018. I thought I would rather document something rather than nothing on this occasion and if we get a chance to get better photographs then I will. Previously we have encountered birds that have been white when they should have been dark.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2011
This week’s quiz is all about what we don’t know. Or that the internet will allow anyone to post anything no matter whether it is correct or not. While researching this quiz on the internet, I have seen many numbers claiming to be the correct number. These numbers include 234, 204, 172, 225, 212, and 221.
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Summer is ending, and that means the birds are migrating again. In Cyprus it also means that the hunters and trappers are active again. It starts with the trappers, who’ve been at it for weeks now. BirdLife Cyprus started their Fall monitoring program weeks ago. The trapping is particularly bad in the Cape Pyla area.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2011
Ah yes, the answer to this week’s quiz. Here is what I remember about the quiz: the clues are all about birds, but the answer is not. OK, got it. Clues=birds. Answer=not birds. I gave clues to the first four words in a sequence of words, your job was to get the next word in sequence.
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NOVEMBER 6, 2011
The odd climate patterns lately have conspired with my already suspect grasp of phenology to completely baffle my sense of season. As I’m sure you’ve heard me mention once or twice, winter comes early– very early –to western New York. Yet we’ve barely seen a flake of frost so far.
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DECEMBER 22, 2011
Our late autumn has been absurdly warm in the northeastern United States and though winter is only days away it seems no one has notified the weather. That is, no one had notified the weather until this past Sunday, the day of the Queens County Christmas Bird Count.
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OCTOBER 23, 2011
In the United States, so much seems to be happening towards the end of October. Not only is baseball hitting the very apex of what excitement it arouses, but the storylines in the National Football League are just beginning to manifest in reality rather than in the empty space between commentators.
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OCTOBER 30, 2011
Happy Halloween! See how I assume you celebrate Halloween no matter where in the world you live? Must be the way you’re dressed… The best bird of my weekend was Tufted Titmouse , which has become more prominent here as we approach winter.
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OCTOBER 16, 2011
It was a gusty weekend in New York City and environs, with fall finally feeling like fall is supposed to feel. Sparrows have almost completely taken over for wood-warblers and temperatures are finally waning as is only proper. How was your weekend?
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NOVEMBER 13, 2011
Last week, I mentioned how odd the weather has been around here. By odd, of course, I mean absolutely lovely. I know these patterns are atypical for western New York. I’m still curious about what my fellow naturalists have noticed: has the weather been odd by you? Enough phenology… let’s get down to some field ornithology!
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