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Common Ringed Plover

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This post is not a twitch, but it is much more fun to read if you first dwell upon the sentiments from the last picture of Corey’s post from East Pond, Jamaica Bay, 2015 It would be a bold birder that calls a Common Ringed Plover , Charadrius hiaticula where Semi-palmated Plover , C. semipalmatus is also an option.

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2015 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals

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This weekend is the 2015 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals. The event features amazing athletic dogs from all backgrounds and breeds competing for the title of Purina Pro Plan IDC Champion.

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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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New York City Park Department Contractor Tears Up Imperiled Sparrows Home

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A New York City Parks Department contractor just wiped out a breeding population of sparrows in tons of trouble already, on land owned by the parks department that was supposed to be protected as “Forever Wild.” This species is in too much trouble to throw away a breeding ground. Another is in the works. . By then it could be too late.

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A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles by Chris Mason-Parker

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That antiquity produces a high level of endemism, e.g. 19% of 62 breeding birds are endemic to the islands! He is the author of Underwater Guide to Seychelles (2015), Underwater Eden (2019) and Reef Fishes of Seychelles (2021). On the other hand, the isolation makes for those huge seabird colonies.

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What the rings reveal

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Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa.

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Finding birds in Deliblato Sands, part 3/3: along the eastern edge of the reserve

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When to visit: best during winter and migration season, but also breeding season. Protected in 2015 as a part of the Karas-Nera Reserve, it consists of grassland on rolling sand dunes along the eastern bank of the DTD Canal. When to visit: best in breeding and migration seasons (April to June and late August-September).

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