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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of September 2013)

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Here in Western NY, we suffered a 40 point swing in temperature over two days; one moment, you’re enjoying drinks by the pool and the next finds you wrapped in a shawl sipping got cocoa. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. September is as unpredictable as a month can be.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of June 2013)

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Summer, the season that we in the Northern Hemisphere are currently enjoying or suffering depending on your latitude and state of mind, is a time when birds often take a backseat to other diversions. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Aren’t we lucky?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of June 2013)

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Forgetting how one feels in certain conditions and thus failing to prepare accordingly can lead to a lot of suffering. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. This question came to mind as I rapidly fled Island Cottage Woods this weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Endangered and Unknown: Red-billed Curassow

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Formerly distributed across parts of southeastern Brazil from the state of Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, this Brazilian endemic suffered dramatic declines due to chronic loss of its lowland Atlantic forest habitat. In 2013, Dalcio Dacol and I paid a visit to this reserve as part of an independent, month long birding trip in southeast Brazil.

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Savanna Nightjars prove that growing old is a process of becoming increasingly disillusioned

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My life experience allows for a generally calm and balanced demeanor. This is what I am able to conclude from my age-related immense treasure trove of experience, which makes it an indisputable truth. If you feel the inclination to experience failure, try spotting legs on them: Legs: The Expendables 1. Legs: The Expendables 2.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Eventually everyone made it to their computer, and created the Summer of 2013 Rehabber’s Wish List: Money. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. No one wished for diamonds, fast cars, or penthouse apartments.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. However, I do think that there are illustrations here that suffer from washed-out blacks and whites that almost blend into the background. In this specific case, I have to go with the latter.

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