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Cypriot Delights: Part I

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First recorded breeding on the island in 2013, this dove is now both widespread and common. Today they are a Cypriot success story, for they have established themselves at many locations, and even breed in the middle of roundabouts in the bustling town of Larnaka. Hoopoes are common breeding birds.

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The Eurasian Collared-Dove Explosion: Coming to a Town Near You!

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In the mid-1970s, a local breeder was burglarized and a few of his birds escaped, after which the breeder released his remaining stock of about 50 birds 1. And the last one shows the stats from 2013 to the present. Like most dove species, Eurasian Collared-Doves are prolific breeders.

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Spring Has Sprung – Where Are the Migrants?

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Instead, the spring migration of 2013 has been largely a bust. Sure, the expected wood-warblers that overshoot their breeding range are showing up and even the occasional rarity has appeared, but this spring has largely been dreadful for we northeasterners. It’s 6 May and I haven’t seen a Black-throated Green Warbler yet!

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Flock to Marion

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Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), It’s a very mixed chapter.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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2013 was a great year for finding massive rafts of storm-petrels off Bodega Bay and Half Moon Bay. 2013 saw impressive numbers of Buller’s Shearwaters off the coast as well, sometimes viewable from shore. Black-vented Shearwater can be abundant in southern California waters some years, as they have 2013-2014. Ventura, CA.

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A Strategic Arms Race Among Birds

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The vast majority of the 10,000+ living species of birds are passerines, and the vast majority of those have a similar system of breeding: Mom and dad bird make a nest and share parental responsibilities roughly equally, if not identically. …because cooperative breeding facilitates defense against brood parasites.

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