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Looking Forward to Birding Fallon, Nevada

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I’ve never really been to Nevada—just a layover in the Las Vegas airport, where I was amused to see slot machines at the gates. My camera’s getting repaired, my Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America is in my backpack, and my shopping list includes lots of sunscreen.

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Swainson’s Hawks in Plumas County

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These beautiful birds are now reduced in numbers or distribution throughout their range and considered to be declining in Utah, Nevada, and Oregon. They are listed as a Species of Special Concern in Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and as Threatened in California. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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Birding Baxi Forest, Sichuan, China

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A few days ago, I received and then flipped through a bird guide of the Sierra Nevada (my way of coping with currently not being able to do birding trips outside of China, given the Covid policy of the Chinese government).

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Large-billed Terns at the Trincity Sewage Ponds

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” That small minded perspective is difficult to overcome despite Clare’s continued insistence on the excellence of Poo Ponds and my own small contribution from my visits to Florida’s Viera Wetlands and Nevada’s City of Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve.

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Indigo Boys

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Indigo Buntings breed from southern Canada across the eastern and central United States, and as far west as Nevada. ” They winter in Central America and the Caribbean. BirdLife International considers them a species of Least Concern because of their large population and range.

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Birds of Tierra Caliente

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I am originally from California, so it is easy for me to deal with a geography defined by a low coastal mountain range, a central valley, and a much higher inland range (in California, the Sierra Nevada). The first is a true endemic, found only in southwestern Mexico, while the second can also be seen in Central America.

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Why Hawkwatching is So Awesome

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A professional hawkwatcher for many seasons, his passion and knowledge saw him invited to join the board of the Hawk Migration Association of North America in 2013. Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. His blog is still intermittently updated at www.underclearskies.com.