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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of April 2016)

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The birds had already adopted their drab eclipse plumage, unlike the winter warrior featured in the photo above. I enjoyed encountering a lot of first-of-year spring arrivals, but the species that most piqued my interest was White-winged Scoter , with a late flock of 17 hanging around Braddock Bay. What can I say?

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

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And when writing a field guide, it is accepted practice to adopt one of the above and to stick to it, with any questions or disagreements safely ensconced in the text, not in an actual change of species. Howell turns all that on its head. Sullivan, 2015), Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: East Coast (with Brian L.

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I Remember Elephants

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Turn your eyes to the European Union which could have stopped it in 2016, but chose not to. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? Cover photo (c) Daryl Balfour.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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Another bulbul with a crest is the Crested Finchbill , though by adopting the name finchbill rather than bulbul, it seems to want to keep a certain distance from its relatives (I can understand that feeling very well). The HBW has a helpful editor’s note dating from 2016 stating that the species account is still being edited.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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They are also fine birding locations : the ABA held a birding rally in Puerto Rico in October 2016. It is the fairest, most inclusive, and simplest option that could be adopted, and it is consistent with the addition of Hawaii. Conclusion. and Canada including all provinces, states, districts, and territories.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

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It starts as follows: “Historical variations (1966–2016) in the exposure to inorganic elements in raptors of South West Spain have been little studied.” A bit like being adopted, I guess. ” Given that the current account was prepared in 2016, I am not holding my breath though. salvadori ).”

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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The systematics and taxonomy used in this field guide follow the two volumes of the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo & Collar 2014, 2016) with some updates based on subsequent research that have already been adopted by BirdLife International and HBW Alive.