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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of October 2020)

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But his Best Bird of the Weekend was one he saw with his family on a visit to Jamaica Bay on Saturday evening. A distant American White Pelican on the East Pond was Corey’s 264th species in Queens this year, which tops his previous best by three species. Corey enjoyed some good birding on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2020)

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Ivy and I couldn’t shake an owl out of Owl Woods but we walked away with all kinds of FOY species such as the unexpected Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling high in a tree. But it was during an outing to Rockaway Beach with his family on Sunday afternoon that he saw his Best Bird of the Weekend, his first Piping Plover of the year.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The checklist of the Louisiana Ornithological Society was at 485 as of August 2020.) by Marybeth Lima.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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It covers 403 species: 172 nonpasserine species and 231 passerine species in the Species Accounts, 198 species beautifully illustrated by the author in the Plates section. The scarcity of information on the young of some avian species is astounding. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, 5th edition

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Now, I am holding the 5th edition (2020) in my hands – what has changed in the meantime, especially in the 9 years since the 4th edition? The inner side of the front cover contains the visual Quick Reference with paintings of one representative of the family followed by the relevant page number.

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General Interest Podcast Episodes for Birders

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Living on Earth ( PRX , 2020, 14 min.): Springtime Birding with David Sibley (“A great migration is underway in the northern hemisphere, as migratory birds head north to start a family. Sidedoor ( Smithsonian , 2020, 25 min.): Many of the keepers at the zoo enjoy them, but they can be a tough bird to love.”).

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An Emerging Trend

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You are welcome to peruse the full list of birds of T&T for other sets of 3 (that’s the latest list available, a lone record of a Capped Heron pushed our total to 490 in 2020). Members of the Parulidae family are typically known to be highly migratory but there are many New World Warblers which aren’t.

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