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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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In 2021, the American Ornithological Society announced that it has now classified the Bahama Nuthatch as a distinct species, Sitta insularis. He noted that this new bird had longer bills and “darker loral and auricular regions” than the mainland Brown-headed Nuthatch, and collected two of them for science. There’s just one problem.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species. ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

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Combined Beat list for 2016

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Should the fancy take you, you could call up a 10,000 Birds life list (from 2016 onwards. 22 Jan 2016. 08 Jan 2016. 01 Jan 2016.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2023 (contractual obligation post)

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As the Chinese are not particularly fond of the Japanese, they call this species the Grey Thrush (wuhui dong). To satisfy that guy, here is my version of a contractual obligation post – a collection of photos taken in Shanghai in any of the past November months.

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Famous Flamingos

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Back in 2016 one very unexpected bird appeared in the Mexican highlands: an American Flamingo. So both birds are assumed by many to be escapees from a zoo or a private collection somewhere. After birding and passing through a large number of habitats, our total for the day was 109 species.) Flamingos !”

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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It covers 403 species: 172 nonpasserine species and 231 passerine species in the Species Accounts, 198 species beautifully illustrated by the author in the Plates section. The scarcity of information on the young of some avian species is astounding.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

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Despite recording 370 species during the month, the list total has advanced by just 45. Just to confuse things a little, only 14 new species were recorded since June 1 st. 27 Jun 2016. 26 Jun 2016. 26 Jun 2016. 26 Jun 2016. 23 Jun 2016. 17 Jun 2016. 11 Jun 2016. 11 Jun 2016.

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