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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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And, while friends have told that me that I can go to the Bahamas and easily see the warbler in January, it turns out that is not true, the bird is elusive in its winter habitat as well (which is not Jack Pine, by the way). Previously, even researchers had problems getting access to nesting Kirtland’s Warblers.

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The Littel Big Year – Week 45: Wrapping up the Bahamas

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We have escaped the clutches of the Bahamas, and are finally back “home” in Tucson, Texas. All in all, twenty six airplane flights this year, traveled around the world, to 11 countries, and not one single delay, or interruption of service, until the Bahamas. Bahamas Species – 58. The Little Big Year species – 1291.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. A Eurasian Collared-dove photographed by Mike in the Bahamas , which is pretty different from midwinter Montana Eurasian Collared-doves, as you may have gathered from the name, are not part of our native avifauna. Wicked, right? Get yours today!

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Rather than painting all bird images to face the same direction, as is customary in many field guides, the Navarro combines images of the bird looking left, right, up, even right at you, the sums of the images creating compositions of diagonal lines, circles, and mirror images. That’s almost 20 percent! by Nils Navarro.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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The systematics and taxonomy used in this field guide follow the two volumes of the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo & Collar 2014, 2016) with some updates based on subsequent research that have already been adopted by BirdLife International and HBW Alive. The Bond’s line.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Bahama Woodstar – Calliphlox evelynae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 19 Feb 2018.

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

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The holidays started early this year, with the first night of Hannukah coming right at the end of Thanksgiving weekend! 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. *

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