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Loner, Drifter: More on the Hoary Bat

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I cannot get the Hoary Bat out of my head. Hoary Bats roost in trees, not caves. So the Hoary Bat is migratory. The species ranges north well into Canada in the summer months, but in the winter they make for the southern coasts or down to Mexico. Shoot, it’s not working!

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Collaborative list – April 2021

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9 beats submitted 172 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) for 640 species. The list for the year has reached 1276 and the life list has been stretched to 4066 with red ticks from China, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Kai, Claire and Grant and Faraaz respectively.

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Collaborative list January 2021

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The beats are famed for their inclusion on the nice side of the ledger and this month 9 of them shared 163 lists from 7 countries (Australia, Costa Rica, USA, UK, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) and accounted for 735 bird species. Mike doubled up with “smushed”, a new addition to the adjective list.

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Collaborative list – Year list 2020

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The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries. Imagine that, 13 lists per year where once there were only 12.

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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This shows the top birders, by species or checklists submitted. Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. If you are interested to take a tour of the eBird website, you can visit the “Top 100” (you may need to open “Your Profile” to find it). Labudovo Okno NR–Uš?e

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Collaborative List – January 2019

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The engaged and generous beats ( 10 of them) have shared 188 checklists during January and have accounted for 859 species from 8 countries (USA, Australia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, UK, New Zealand and Serbia. Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 03 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative List 2017 – February

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146 shared checklists (an increase on last year’s 97, well done chaps) noted 664 species (ooooh, down on 826 from last February) and brought the yearly total to 1063 (1303 at this time in 2016, ouch!). Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Yellow-legged Gull – Larus michahellis.

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