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Shorebirds in Abaco, Bahamas

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My family and I were staying at the edge of a sand beach, facing a wide flat in a house charmingly named “Bone Ami.” The sand exposed during low tide makes for excellent walking, and even better birding. Sure, I can see most of the birds in the Bahamas while living within Florida, but not in such stunning surroundings!

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

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Here are the picks of the 10,000 Birds reviewing team (Tristan, Donna, Dragan, Mike, Corey, Carrie, and Mark) for 2021 bird books and other things with high quality, uniqueness, and giftability. * There are lots of big, well-produced books with exquisite photos of birds from around the world. Tristan). ==.

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Birding from New York to North Carolina

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This is the third year that my family and some our close friends did a vacation together. Last year it was New Providence in the Bahamas. The sun was out, the birds were singing, and I got to point out Northern Gannets patrolling offshore. Two years ago it was Culebra, Puerto Rico. Northern Gannet from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.

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Florida’s Tropical Pigeon, the White-crowned Pigeon

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With a family renowned for its strong flight and capability to colonize far flung locations (such as the Imperial-Pigeons and Fruit-Doves of the Tropical Pacific, Blue Pigeons of the Indian Ocean, or endemic pigeons of the Canary Islands), this fact comes to no surprise.

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Winter Wood-Warblers in Southeast Florida

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Corey was lucky enough to meet Carlos while birding in Ecuador , where Carlos was dragooned into accompanying the horde of Queens birders for the day, an encounter that somehow didn’t turn him off of all things New York. If you have been out birding in southeast Florida there is a good chance that you have run into him in the field.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

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So, Scott Weidensaul comes to this Reference Guide with three important qualifications–expertise, the ability to explain complex scientific ideas in friendly, accessible language, and a passion for birds and research. It includes owls found in Canada, the U.S., The 39 owls include five endemic Caribbean species.