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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. Every species account (well, most every account) includes information on habitat and talk briefly about range and distribution (there are no range maps in this guide); it is usually noted if the species breeds in Ontario, and often noted if it is migratory or residential year-round.

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The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico

10,000 Birds

Howell’s A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America , which is absolutely my birder’s Bible for the region, says that Snowy Plovers are fair to uncommon summer breeders in the Lake Cuitzeo area, which they certainly are (breeders, though not uncommon). They were probably not preparing to go south.

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The Warbler Duo of Florida’s Mangroves

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Although both species are widespread in North America as breeders in shrubby edge habitats, that is not the case in the southern half of the sunshine state (the more northerly race of Prairie Warbler is an uncommon breeder in the panhandle). Everyone, I would like you to meet the ‘Florida’ Prairie Warbler ( S.

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Anna’s, Rufous and Calliope: Hummingbirds of the West

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Here in Northern California I am fortunate to have at least three of the western hummingbirds of North America visiting my yard. She is the latest of our local breeders, not nesting usually until mid-May. She will begin breeding in April. The male is the only hummingbird in North America with a rufous back.

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The Eurasian Collared-Dove Explosion: Coming to a Town Near You!

10,000 Birds

In the mid-1970s, a local breeder was burglarized and a few of his birds escaped, after which the breeder released his remaining stock of about 50 birds 1. In North America and the Caribbean, they are found mostly in suburban, urban, and agricultural areas where grain, roost, and nest sites are available.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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The Mourning Dove ( Zenaida macroura) is among the most abundant and widespread terrestrial birds endemic to North and Middle America. The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. It’s a good thing too, because it is the leading gamebird in North America in terms of total harvest and the widespread distribution of hunting effort.

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Buller’s Albatrosses

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The Buller’s Mollymawk is an endemic breeder to New Zealand, although it ranges widely away from the islands to feed, and regularly goes to South America’s Humboldt Current to feed.

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