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Arizona in Summer: It Ain’t All Hummers

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It’s a well-known fact that southeast Arizona in summer is awesome. My first birding trip ever was to Arizona. This was a wonderful re-introduction to the desert species I was seeking. It was time to drive south and up, to the Sky Islands of southeast Arizona. At least for birders. A Roadrunner crossed in front of me.

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Little Big Year – Week 36: Southern New Mexico hotspots.

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Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. Right in our camp, we found Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. We are now headed to Tucson, Arizona, where we will park the 5th wheel for an extended amount of time, possibly as long as March 1st.

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It’s the Holiday Season — Give Birding Books!

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The ABA series currently lists guides on New Jersey (Rick Wright), Florida (Bill Pranty), Arizona (Rick Wright), Colorado (Ted Floyd), and California (Alvaro Jamarillo). Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy. Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. You can see the Species Account for Henslow’s Sparrow above, in the banner photo. Pileated Woodpecker, for example.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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They submitted 144 checklists, noting 628 species adding 72 to the year’s running total bringing it to 1890. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Parque do Ibirapuera. 14 Jul 2017.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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