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A Near Conjunction

10,000 Birds

Cocoa Woodcreepers are the largest species of woodcreeper in T&T, and they have a proportionately massive bill. Alas, he was gone before I had a chance to lift my camera. We just needed to find somewhere that was less cluttered to allow us some chance of seeing birds! And so, we continued. Definitely a hawk-eagle, but which?

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

10,000 Birds

When choosing the top birding area of Serbia for a weekend visit, head for lowlands, Deliblato Sands and Labudovo Okno complex with 250 bird species. If you have 5-7 days, combine these two zones, adding wetlands around the village of Baranda (220 species). Alas, I am not among them. Serbia – the big picture. Birding overview.

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

10,000 Birds

Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe. Among teak and bamboo thickets, a winding forest road takes us deeper into the enchanted Snake Jungle, but alas, not a Tiger in sight. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc.

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Rosefinches, Griffons and Woodcocks

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This is my first visit to this area, known as the Madz Brod, where two new breeding species for the country were discovered a decade ago. Alas, I am not among them. Eurasian Griffon Vultures are flying towards the restaurant (occasionally visited by Brown Bear , too).

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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

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In each case, "rational man" had to rethink human identity ¯ his species identity common to all other humans, or rather, all those counted as "human" and as part of the valuer´s community. Mockingbirds bear a grudge against particular people (guardian.co.uk). Why can we talk? Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com).

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Birds of the Northern Forest – An homage

10,000 Birds

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to learn how to draw, but alas I never made it past the stickman. Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree. Until recently, it was considered to be the same species as the Eurasian three-toed Woodpecker (P.

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I Get Back

10,000 Birds

Four moments (and species) stand out in my own personal birding renaissance: I put an improvised birdbath in my yard to see if I can get the House Sparrows to stop munching on my lettuce plants, and a stunning Black-vented Oriole arrives to bathe. I start visiting a nearby canyon to see what other species might be around.

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