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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of October 2018)

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During the sit there were lots of good birds as is only to be expected but the one he nominates for his Best Bird of the Weekend was any of the three unexpected Turkey Vultures that came soaring through near the end of the day, mostly because they were so unlikely and came directly over the platform.

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The top-5 birds of 2018

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My first criterion was that I observed it only once during the year 2018. I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. The post The top-5 birds of 2018 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. What qualifies a bird to be included in the top-5? Lesser White-fronted Goose by Iggy/Wikimedia Commons.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2018)

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Asking for a friend… Though I was unable to mount any sustained outdoor activity this weekend, I couldn’t help but notice a few Turkey Vultures tipping and teetering about. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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The return of the Old Man

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Nesting is now confined to Morocco, irregularly in Boghari in Algeria and in Birecik, Turkey.” (The Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered.

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Queens County Bird Club 2018 Big Sit Results

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We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. A very surprising trio of Turkey Vultures flew in from the east directly over the platform in the late afternoon.

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Zone of Happiness Birding

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The contributing or playing birders together produced photographic records for some 326 species [compared with 315 in 2019 and 318 in 2018]. The second part of my page’s experience was for members, preferably the beginners were to identify the birds posted. Brown Honeyeater – the most photographed Honeyeater in the Zone of Happiness.

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. As we entered the harbour, Nikos explained the state of ecotourism in the national park: “The previous 2018 was the record year with, I estimate, about 3000 birders visiting the lake.

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