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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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The survey was commissioned by National Flyway Council (NFC), which implements the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP), which, in turn, aims to maintain abundant waterfowl populations in North America. To a layperson such as myself, the methodology appears fairly rigorous.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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It reminds me a lot of Rare Birds of North America , the 2014 book by Steve N. I also appreciated the occasional photo of a birder (or birders or photographers) photographing vagrants, including the well-circulated one of hundreds of photographers in Beijing gathering in a semi-circle to photograph a Japanese Robin in November 2012.

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How to see a Black Woodpecker in Germany

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Since they don’t occur in the UK and obviously not in North America, they don’t often make it onto the front page of the bird blogging world and have this aura of unattainability, of being a gap rather than a feature on one’s travel list. Well, they are big. This may sound difficult but it is quite simple.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. One field guide, seven countries.

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Jochen’s Top 10 birds of 2016

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You may know (although probably not since you’ll likely reside in North America) that a Siberian Rubythroat showed up over the winter 2015/16 in a small village in the Netherlands, an extremely rare and highly sought-after vagrant from Siberia (duh!). Marsh Sandpiper , Den Oever, Netherlands. That’s not bad.

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Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

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In 2012, FWS determined , for a third time, that the desert eagle was not a listable taxon and CBD again filed suit. The bald eagle is capable of inhabiting areas throughout North America, so long as a sufficient food source persists. Zinke , 2017 868 F.3d The opinions: Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. 3d 1054 (9th Cir.