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The 2016 AOU Supplement and the Costa Rica Bird List

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Although I really do need to figure out where the break is to include accurate information about this species for the Costa Rica Birds Field Guide app , I want to investigate anyways because that will require birding in some awesome places. Yes, this is one chicken-like marsh bird that really does act like a chicken on occasion.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. According to state and federal investigators, they caused over $200,000 worth of damage. They are docile and devoted parents who will not leave their nests. During the night they left their friends and entered the sleeping seabird colony.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus: A Field Guide Review

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Sullivan (PUP, 2016), a twelve-page article with comparative photographs. It is missing one item, the chapter on “Yellow-bellied Kingbirds” in Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts fort the Field by George L. Armistead and Brian L. The list of Useful Websites is still short but has one noteworthy addition–Surfbirds.

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Finding Dippers in Berlin

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In the winter of 2016/17, dippers were regularly seen in Berlin along a small canal near the centre of the city, most easily along Uferstrasse (aptly named “shore street”) which flanks the canal for a few hundred metres. The canal parallel to Uferstrasse in Berlin where dippers were frequently seen during the winter of 2016/17.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

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A PEC biologist expresses extreme frustration as he investigates a site where a dead eagle has been found. PEF Executive Director Dennis Salvatore is devoted but weary. Evidence shows that it has been shot, a serious problem that is surprisingly left hanging. (A Newborn in Laboratory, photo by Eric Liner. Tampos, G., & Salvador, D.

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Peregrine Falcon in Broome

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There has been a previously accepted record by the Birdlife Australia Rarities Committee in regards to a Peregrine Falcon observed in the Northern Territory on November 4th 2016. Several birders have added their Peregrine Falcon photos to eBird and the BRAC Sports Field is an eBird Hotspot always worth investigating.

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Puerto Rico’s Birds after Hurricane Maria

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territory of Puerto Rico, an American territory where researchers have numerous ongoing investigations, including many studies in El Yunque National Forest. Nevertheless, the 2017 CBC tallied 1,934 birds of 82 species, both of which were low counts for past CBCs ( e.g., the 2016 CBC had 2,579 birds, 97 species).