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Yellow-billed Spoonbills breeding

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One bird species that we occasionally observe around Broome is the Yellow-billed Spoonbill, but we had not seen one for a few years until recently. We soon observed several bird species and then a Yellow-billed Spoonbill flew overhead. They are widespread throughout Australia , but it does not mean you necessarily easily observe them.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers. This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6

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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. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 13 Mar 2018.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Western Australia. Camino Laguna de los Patos. 04 Apr 2018. 19 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Western Australia. Western Australia. This is inevitable even when the beats are so spread out. The equanimity occurred as the two totals passed 3560.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Western Australia. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased. 25 Sep 2018.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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They found 673 species and advanced the yearly total to 1019. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. 149 lists were submitted from 6 countries by 10 beats.

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