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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of September 2015)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of the several Black Vultures that went overhead during a family hike to Anthony’s Nose in the Hudson Valley. The birding wasn’t very exciting but the hike was nice and allowed a nice view of Bear Mountain, the Bear Mountain Bridge, and the Hudson River. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2014)

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April bears the most fruit for my family tree, including my own bad apple birthday this week. Does your family celebrate a lot of April birthdays? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The wood-warblers are back! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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15 New Reasons to Bird the Amazon

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Maybe the name of this blog should be 10,015 birds. The 15th is grouped in the Bucconidae family and appears similar to a Striolated Puffbird. They bear wonderful-sounding names like “ Can-can-da-campina. The new birds inhabit the southern portion of the Amazon, some only in Brazil but others in Bolivia and Peru as well.

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The squirrel next door

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I still know my audience - this is primarily a blog read by birders in North America, who see the term “squirrel” as little more than a synonym for house sparrow, starling, pest and cholera. But bear with me for a second: this post presents a different context for a different squirrel.

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Birding – While Camping – North Lake State Park, Greene County, New York

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That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping. Our campsite was gorgeous North Lake State Park in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, where the air is crisp, the forests are largely intact, and the bears force you to be careful about leaving food out when you go to sleep. I like phoebes.

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A Fistful of British Bird Bloggers

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If you’re a British birder, or a birder looking in to British birding, you could be forgiven sometimes for feeling it bears all the hallmarks of a good soap opera depending on where you surf. His Birding Frontiers blog is at the cutting edge of identification (and sometimes ahead of it).

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Be Careful What You Wish For: A Punter’s Guide to the World Birding Rally

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They didn’t say, when you hear owls calling from an Utcubamba roadside at noon, bear in mind that Rich Hoyer can produce a full range of geographically appropriate pygmy-owl vocalizations without so much as moving his lips. The Royal Sunangel Looks as Impressive as It Sounds – Cornell Lab blog.

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