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Better Birding: A Book Review (& a New Year’s goal)

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It is the last day of 2015, time to select the bird of the year past and set goals for the bright open future, when everything is new again. Sullivan are birders as well as writers, researchers, and organizational administrators, and this makes a big difference. Press; December, 2015. Authors George L. Armistead and Brian L.

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Persistence Pays Off For Burrowing Owls

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In the summer of 2015 our investment paid off. This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179., A pair of Burrowing Owls fledged six young! Imagine how excited I was when I heard the news! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4HxJ0pIp0. v=TG4HxJ0pIp0.

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Duncan Road birding

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Our trip out to Wolfe Creek Crater had not been a planned side-track, but we had done some research on the Duncan Road before we set off. Azure Kingfisher -300th bird for 2015! Cattle truck and dust! Crimson Finch. Gouldian Finch. Continuing on from the Negri River the road improves and gets wider and across open plains.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. Bridge on Ruta 1.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. Bridge on Ruta 1.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. Bridge on Ruta 1.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. 01 Jan 2018.

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