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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of July 2020?

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This is not to say that you won’t find great birds where you are, but only that they will likely be the resident breeders or wintering species you’ve already grown accustomed to. The post Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of July 2020? Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of June 2020)

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But we’re not confined to a wasteland of resident breeders just yet, are we? The post Best Bird of the Weekend (First of June 2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. If May represents the apex of avian observation opportunities in most areas, June signals the slide down the slope towards a truly tedious valley.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of May 2020)

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Weather patterns have been far from ideal for us to get our last big burst of migrating spring songbirds and the parks seemed relatively quiet this weekend, with few but local breeders there to be seen. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of May 2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. My understanding is that since March 2020, the HBW is integrated into eBird ( source ). “I am big, and I am small.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding. This is an introductory guide, as are all the guides in the ABA series, and it is an excellent one. © 2023 by Chris Earley and Scott & Nix, Inc., Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E. 2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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2020 will be remembered as a year that we’d like to forget. Our 2020 year list stands at 324 for Victoria and the north of Western Australia combined, so we are more than happy with that under current circumstances. Since three times is a charm, I nominate the Sparkling-tailed hummingbird for my 2020 BBOTY.

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