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LISTEN TO THE BIRDS: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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When she is not writing, you can find Susan trying to transform her yard into a native plant habitat or working at Colorado Children’s Hospital with the family’s therapy dog. The book’s structure is brilliant—Kroodsma divides the book into two sections: a dawn walk in Eastern North America, and a second walk in Western North America.

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Lifer! But, which one?

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and Canada and winter in northeastern Mexico, while the sedentary wrens of central Mexico, Central America, and South America are now to be identified as Grass Wrens. That’s 100% Barn Owl butt, right there. One is an aged Xoloitzcuintle, or Mexican Hairless Dog. Did they show up for us? Why yes, they did!

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. We are observing a Dhole , also called Asiatic or Indian Wild Dog. One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us.

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Only for Dogs and Birders – Kalamas Delta, Greece

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Driving north along the Ionian seacoast through the city of Igoumenitsa, there is a place where the main artery takes you right, further away from the sea – follow it for 150 metres (500 ft) and then turn left just before a small stadium. The first good bird was one Grey Plover (in North America a.k.a.

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Need to rant really quickly

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Hi i’m not sure if this type of rant is allowed and if it isn’t can someone point me to the right sub to post this in, cus i honestly don’t know thanks! submitted by /u/arxssi [link] [comments]

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Cry “Havoc!” or a Birding Movie before the Birding Movie

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For me, the only “birding” movie that I knew of were the Dogs of War (1980). After the Dogs of War was aired on state TV in the late 1980s, a friend of mine, found observing birds nesting on electricity pylons in a breadbasket country north of Belgrade, was taken to the police under suspicion of espionage.

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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

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but there are other birds, many stopping to stay, many others moving to South America. In Costa Rica, a lot of those birds fly right overhead. Latin America tends to be loud and Costa Rica is no exception. No sparrows or migrant juncos nor hardly any Yellow-rumpeds and forget about Orange-crowned (a serious mega around here!)