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Whooping Crane Ancestry

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Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. In late January of 2013 I spent some time with a pair of Whooping Cranes just off Canoe Creek Road in Osceola County, Florida. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!

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Finding an Asian Openbill in Singapore-second ever record!

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We were met by several Cattle Egret in beautiful breeding plumage feeding on the grass right next to the train station. There were a couple of people with large cameras and then several school groups. Looking online we discovered there was one previous record for Singapore in January 2013.

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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: A Book Review

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Birds are presented by family, genus, and species, following the taxonomic order of the American Ornithological Union (as of August 2013), Each of the 89 families is described by an essay that details distinctive characteristics, addressing structure, behavior, plumage, distribution, taxonomy, and conservation.

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Jochen’s 2014 Year List

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In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as 2012 and 2013 have been, with family trips to somewhere in France and business trips to Indonesia and Kazakhstan. Germany: extensive trips comparable to 2013. The overall lay-out and structure of this year list follows the previous 2013 list.

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