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2014-2015 Winter Finch Forecast

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Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. When Purple Finches leave Ontario in October and November, they return in mid-April to mid-May to breed. The “Southern” Hoary Redpoll (nominate subspecies exilipes ) which breeds south to northern Ontario is the usual subspecies encountered.

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Magpie Geese breeding near Broome

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In early 2014 the rainfall was good and flooded the main highway south from Broome and made for some excellent birding from your car. The area remained flooded for several months in 2014 and there was significant road damage, but over the months the birding improved as more and more birds arrived in the area.

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Best Bird of the Year 2014

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2014 has been a good year for us at 10,000 Birds. Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. That’s Redgannet’s BBOTY at the top of the post.

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Pied Oystercatcher breeding season starts early!

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This is not surprising at all due to the fact that we have monitored the Pied Oystercatcher breeding success (or lack thereof ) since 2000 along a twenty three kilometre stretch of beach and it is very rare for any of the sixteen pairs to succeed. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers has been successful on one occasion and that was in 2012.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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” But Gorman points out that we really don’t know much about the species outside of Europe and that the usual explanations for population decline–loss of habitat, trapping, climate change–don’t explain startling changes predating these trends, such as their extirpation as breeding birds in Great Britain.

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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes

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They are often nearby and breed locally, but we don’t always have them at the water. Here are some Brown Honeyeaters enjoying the water in 2014 and Zebra Finch in 2012 at this location. The only other similar species is the White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike , but it is a much smaller species and the call is quite different.

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Winter Finch Forecast for 2013-2014

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Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2013-2014. Breeding success is higher in areas with budworm outbreaks because the abundant larvae are eaten by adults and fed to young. Numbers are increasing due to expanding spruce budworm outbreaks in northern forests.

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