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My 2013 Birding Year in Review (With My Top Ten Birding Moments!)

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Hopefully I will see at least that many species in 2014! Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station. Really, my entire last day in Trinidad and Tobago should qualify here but I haven’t that full day up so the Red-breasted Blackbirds will stand in. Red-breasted Blackbird.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ written by Richard Garrigues and illustrated by Robert Dean (Comstock, 2014) and Birds of Belize , written by H. © 2003 text H.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. Argentinian Julián Quillén Vidoz, is both a co-author and an illustrator of Birds of Bolivia , and is apparently one of those multi-talented birders, with research (in Bolivia), guiding, and illustration on his resume.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. Brown-headed Cowbird itself gets its own section in the Blackbirds and Orioles chapter. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

10,000 Birds

In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77 (2014) 177–182. Just to be sure, read the section on “Ruling Our the Non-Sparrow.” in German, and a Labrador Retriever named Gellert.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

I visited Hong Kong from February 20-27, 2014. Do your research. 118 Eurasian (Chinese) Blackbird. Despite impressive, often rampant development, Hong Kong reserves 40% of its land as greenspace. The result is a nature lover’s paradise rich with mountains, beaches, and birds. Lots and lots of birds! 119 Eyebrowed Thrush.

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd edition (2014) covers 923 species; The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2010) 816; Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (2008) 544; Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2008) 528; and the Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America (2005) covers 392 species.