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Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

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Today, Barn Owls can be found across both islands, hunting open fields at twilight or comfortably resting in abandoned relics of the sugar cane industry. Years later, a small group of us ventured into some forest adjoining abandoned cocoa estates in central Trinidad searching for a view of this bird.

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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird: A Book Review by a Pigeon Cynic

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Mosco is also the author of Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons about the Natural World (2018, a collection of Bird and Moon comics); co-author of several children’s books, including The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid (2018) with Dylan Thuras and Joy Ang, Butterflies Are Pretty … Gross!

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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of 2017?

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I’m still recovering from knee surgery and wondering why the birds seem to have abandoned my feeder. Corey will be kicking around Queens getting ready to assault his 2018 list with vigor. No matter how dark your December, take the time to enjoy the songs of birds who long, as you do, for spring. How about you?

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7 State Parks for Fall Colors and Birding

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From now through the first week of November (2018) autumn leaves are peaking along the ridges and valleys of the Appalachians. There are 2,037 acres to explore, including miles of abandoned logging roads and hiking trails. Leaves and birds in the Appalachian Mountains. This time of year is doubly good if you’re also a birder!

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The Juniper Titmouse Nesting Project

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But a Bewick’s Wren did build a nest, which it promptly abandoned before laying any eggs. In fact, they have risen to become the most active Nest Watching group in New Mexico (regardless of species), contributing 77% of the state’s data in 2018.”. So, how many chicks hatched in my two boxes? Others had more luck.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. The Wrinkled Hornbill is now listed as Endangered, having been listed as Near Threatened until 2018 – it seems to have more specific habitat requirements than some of the other hornbills, and exactly that habitat is shrinking rapidly.

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Urban birds, urban birding… is there a future?

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and after the road construction (June 2018). Nowadays, it has a feeling of an abandoned construction site. It was announced that the works should be finished in four months. And that was the last I ever heard from the officials. Reva had the semi-natural feeling of a forgotten green oasis at the outskirt of a busy city.

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