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My 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count

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I hope everyone participated in at least one day of the four day Great Backyard Bird Count of 2018. There were Black Phoebes hawking insects around the ponds … Ruby-crowned Kinglets foraging in the trees… and a male Bushtit collecting nesting material.

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The return of the Old Man

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Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections.

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Don’t Ignore the Barnacles – they’re Real Birds

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Barnacles are attractive geese that have long been popular in wildfowl collections According to the Atlas , the combined population for the Russian, Baltic, Netherlands population is around 770,000 individuals, which is an awful lot of geese. A pair did lay infertile eggs in Iceland in 2018, but that’s about the only record I can find).

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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For example, the financial statements have not been updated since 2018, nor have the annual meeting minutes. Even with the auditor’s warning, it appears the ABA ran annual operating deficits in 2017, 2018, and 2019. This suggests that this news was unexpected and/or that the ABA did not have a secession plan.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2018)

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With March in our collective rear view mirror, a certain madness subsides. April makes much more sense in most parts of the world, at least from a phenological perspective. You have much to look forward to, so make the most of every weekend.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of May 2018?

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Saturday, May 5 is Global Big Day , when eBirders around the world strive to collectively encounter as many species as possible. In fact, some might argue that, on an international level, this weekend represents one of the zeniths of birding activity and engagement. Are you going to help beat that tally this weekend?

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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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