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Owls, Owls, and more Owls in SE Arizona

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I have to agree with her, as every time I chance upon an owl, be it something as common as a Great Horned Owl, or something extremely special like Australia’s Powerful Owl , or the Verreaux’s Eagle-owl from South Africa, I get a huge feeling of accomplishment. The post Owls, Owls, and more Owls in SE Arizona appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Another Bird Surprise for Costa Rica- Buff-collared Nightjar!

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With birds like Ornate Hawk-Eagle and Snowcap possible, how can you not take up birding while living in Costa Rica? It was something that truly caught me by surprise, a bird usually heard or seen in Mexico or certain, out of the way gulches in Arizona. However, the latest addition wasn’t any of these.

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Mexican visitors in Box Canyon

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One of the great things about living in southern Arizona is our proximity to Mexico. Golden Eagles soared over head, Ladder-back Woodpeckers, Costa’s Hummingbirds, Broad-billed Hummingbirds ( as seen at the top of this story) , Cactus Wrens could be seen almost anywhere in the canyon as well.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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It was a cold afternoon in Maine, and I was looking at the Steller’s Sea-Eagle perched on a tall coniferous tree across Boothbay Harbor, having arrived at the harbor area seven minutes earlier (I know! ” Steller’s Sea-Eagle, Boothbay Harbor, January 24, 2022 Copyright © 2022 Donna L. It has wings. It can fly.”

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Osprey in Missoula

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“Do you see the eagle?” Ogren Park Allegiance Field is the home of the Missoula Osprey*, a farm team for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Time enough, I suppose, for our newcomers to figure out that those aren’t eagles. “Look,” one said to the other. Missoula knows Ospreys and embraces them.

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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

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As recently as May of this year, the current administration proposed a Bureau of Land Management auction of 4,200 acres of public land in northern Arizona. Golden Eagle. Chaco Cultural National Historic Park. Photo by © P Sullivan. million acres, or 85% of our public land, with the stroke of a pen. Photo courtesy of USFWS.

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Fall Hawk Migration Hotspots

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Bald Eagle. You’ll have to catch the Harris family when their flights leave from south central Texas and southern Arizona. Photo by © Robin Edwards. Super Hot-spot: Cape May Point, NJ – Atlantic Flyway. Fall count to date: 1,025. Super Hot-spot: Little Crawl Key, FL – Atlantic Flyway. Fall count to date: 216. Photo by © Mike Blevins.

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