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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai, in September 2021

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I pointed at the bird shown below but he insisted it could not be that species – no long tail … For people of a certain age, gender and background, at some point The Smiths were the most important band in the world. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. This one looks different. ” Hm. ” Hm.

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Shedding Tears For Shorebirds

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Barf at blackbirds. Are you in Alaska? Most of them are essentially telling you what species they are when they talk, so just focusing on appearance may make the identification process more complicated than it has to be. Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND. They are fearful of flycatchers. A rocky shore?

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If We Can Rock Together, We Can Flock Together

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ALWAYS assume there is some other bird species in there that you have not found yet. Crested Auklets form some of the biggest, most impressive flocks and formations that I have ever seen, on islands in Alaska. Here is a flock of endangered species. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Buldir Island, AK.