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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. 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. Click on photos for full sized images.

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Arctic Loon at Bonelli Park

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When you think of southern California in June there are a variety of things that could come to mind. My arrival in southern California didn’t happen until 14 June but the bird had stuck around and was reported daily on the local birding listservs. Not bad for southern California in June!

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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Cliff Swallows migrate to North America from their wintering grounds in South America to nest in large colonies, sometimes numbering in the thousands. You can download the information on controlling Cliff Swallows in PDF format from the University of California here. Because IT IS ILLEGAL TO INTERFERE WITH NESTING BIRDS!!

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ABA-Area Bird Number 500!

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This post is old news to those who pay attention to what I say on Facebook but I am still pleased as punch to point out that I have finally reached the 500-bird milestone in the American Birding Association area (basically North America north of Mexico). How did I finally reach this lofty peak? Binoculars up into the dark and wet and YES!

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What are the Costs of Changing Bird Names?

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But my impression is that there is less support for changing the name of every bird with an honorific name, if only because not all namesakes are terrible, and it seems like a lot of disruption to change so many names (about 140 in North America). Some see political correctness run amuck. The Sibley app, however, is updated.)

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ALDF Calling for An Animal Abuser Registry

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund is working to ensure convicted animal abusers are exposed and prevented from harming new victims by promoting model legislation that would establish an animal abuser registry in every community across America.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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• Explore These Related Posts The other southern woodpecker Birding the East End of Long Island Another California Bird? … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010?

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