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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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The service was fast, the dishes great, prices moderate and the company priceless. However, during a storm the chains that kept it anchored broke off and the raft is now stranded on the shore, accessible to stray dogs and not used for breeding. The next day was the one when I woke up early – the only time on this trip.

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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

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One website states that only 15% of the birds that hatch make it to become first year breeding adults, 6% make it to the second year, and 3% to the third year. Other species – such as starlings or t**s – stealing the nesting site of Eurasian Nuthatches is one of the major reasons for breeding failure.

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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird: A Book Review by a Pigeon Cynic

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She offers up their historical scientific usefulness; ubiquitous presence in films; anatomy; diversity in breeds and appearance; relatives–from Dodo to Nicobar; and, in the longest chapter, their behavior, from cooing to wing clapping to riding the subway to courtship, nesting, and fledging. “Pigeons have lost their usefulness.

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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

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Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. Mining companies have established themselves adjacent to the flamingos’ nesting sites and feeding sites. Mining activities pose a current threat to the Andean Flamingo.

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Fixing a Hole: The Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch Saga Begins

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The Gray-crowned Rosy Finch , when she abandons her breeding grounds, prefers to forage on the ground, similar to (and sometimes in company with) Snow Buntings, Horned Larks , and Longspurs. Others, like the Crossbills and the Pine Grosbeak , must usually be sought in the coniferous trees they favor most.

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Flock to Marion

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Long story short, the only way I could figure out securing a cabin for myself and my husband, Erik, was to book a trip with Rockjumper, a birding tour company based in South Africa and a supporter of Birdlife South Africa. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. and seabirders.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill.

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