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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2019)

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Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders we’ll be observing for the next few months? The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The rush of migration seems to have ended just about everywhere in the world.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2019)

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Spotting Blackpoll Warblers around here breaks bittersweet; obviously, anyone would enjoy spotting one of these monochromatic songbirds, but with this late migrant comes the promise of months of little more than resident breeders. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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This laughingthrush is a cooperative breeder – nestlings are fed by all members of a group, often 6-12 (not just 2 as in Wham!): “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” (Note to those readers who do not know Wham!: ” ( source ).

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J. Norse, and John Kieran. Eaton, and John Kuerzi.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. A female shama attacked several Cantor’s Kukri snakes approaching its nest ( source ). This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video. Glad I did not have to watch these.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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2019), and now this book. He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. He describes how white Gyrfalcons are prized for their beauty and power. And, it’s here where that story ends.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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Falconry Month at Birds and Booze: I’ve decided to dedicate this month of March 2019 to wines and beers related to the history of falconry – or hawking – for no other reason than that I’ve recently acquired several bottles adorned with mostly medieval European iconography relating to this “sport of kings”.

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