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Birds of the Northern Forest – An homage

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Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree. There were waterbirds and raptors, owls and woodpeckers, thrushes, grosbeaks and crossbills, and of course those charming and indispensable new world warblers.

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Birding Shanghai in March 2022

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According to an article in the Guardian , “nearly a quarter of black swan families are parented by homosexual couples, the males sometimes mating with a female simply to have a chick. My possible birdwatching highlight this month was Short-eared Owl at Fengxian. It seems they kept a pheasant as a pet for the chick.

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Backyard Birdfeeder Bragging Rights, a Great Adventure for a Great Twitch, and More: This Week in Birding News

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This lucky youngster from Massachusetts has almost 300 ticks, but just added his favorite— a Great Gray Owl his supportive family drove hundreds of miles to glimpse. And as a ferocious storm bears down on much of the northern U.S., That’s the subject of a study focusing on California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley.

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Arizona, or Central Mexico?

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When they go low… How about the Tyrant Flycatcher family? Northern Bear dless Tyrannulets , adorable little flycatchers, rarely visit my garden. Residents of southeastern Arizona that you can also see here are the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Yellow-eyed Junco , and Elegant Trogon. But this one did. I love Red-faced Warblers !

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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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Birder, Defined

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Duck : “any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage.”.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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So, I could capture it in all its owlish glory, complete with fake eyes at the back and nicely illustrating the capability of the owl to turn its head by almost 180 degrees in each direction. It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

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