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What the rings reveal

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Then it’s a matter of doing a little research on the internet to find who rang the bird you saw, and then emailing the details of your sighting. I photographed the Black-tailed Godwit in my photograph ( above ) on 18 September 2020. In the summer of 2020 it was back at Brancaster Staithe again, with the first record on 23 July.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. banding station, 2020. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK.

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Participating in My First “Normal” Birdathon

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Birdathons are typically used by state programs and chapters to raise critical funding for conservation and research programs. In 2020, our Birdathon efforts came in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, when lockdowns and restrictions remained common. Zooming in on the Orchard Oriole. Sea and shorebirds on Cape San Blas.

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

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Kroodsma waited for years for the right opportunity to record its different songs, a “cascade of sweet and liquid notes,” one naturalist said, “like the spray of a waterfall and sunshine.”. 27, March 10, 2020. Like he does, say, for the Canyon wren. To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? It’s a good life!

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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. “Nothing is more humbling,” he sighs, “than spending a few hours in a boat or on a riverbank, unsuccessfully trying to catch a fish, and then seeing an Osprey dive and catch one right in front of you” (p. by 1 by 7.5

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges. He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts.

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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Her first birding book, When Birds are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers (2020), is a smartly curated collection of essays from new and experienced writers. I felt like an explorer who had landed on a distant continent, or more rightly a pilgrim who had arrived, after years of walking, at Compostela.”

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