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What’s in a Name?

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I’ve no idea whether she was as beautiful as the pheasant that still bears her name: I like to think that perhaps she was, but it seems unlikely, as the pheasant is a stunner. This striking pheasant was named after Sarah Countess Amherst, whose husband Lord Amherst sent the first specimen of the bird to London in 1828.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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You may have read about Kikinda in the Wall Street Journal or the BBC Wildlife Magazine. Alongside 170 birds, in this park you stand a chance of spotting the Eurasian Lynx , Brown Bear and Grey Wolf ! Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? The Southwest.

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Walrus in Trouble Too

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I'm very proud of supporting Defenders because I think they do great work and they have a really good magazine too. We tend to talk about penguins and polar bears, but these guys are important too. Very depressing sometimes though. The summer issue had a good article about walruses. Luckily, I found the article online.

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Talking to Jan Södersved the editor of the Birdlife Finland magazine Linnut whilst we were both in Portugal in early October suggested that all of the owl species in Finland had had a very productive breeding season. The numbers we have wintering in Britain are certainly bearing that out.

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Birding Arizona–style

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Pre-Internet, I got all my birding info from print magazines; and WildBird was my go-to back in the day. Up to 256 bird species, deer, black bears, foxes, big cats, Gila Monsters, and 16 species of bats call this area of southeastern Arizona home. ( Coronado National Forest. Santa Rita Mountains. Madera Canyon. Peregrine Falcon.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

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Kölsch bears a superficial resemblance to Pilsner, with which it was originally brewed to compete, but it’s softer, rounder, and more gently hopped, and thanks to its warm fermentation, it often offers subtly fruity, even wine-like notes entirely unheard of in lagers. With enough room for another, of course.

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Increase your bird happiness by not birding

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They read tedious magazines that incorrectly imply it is possible to tell shorebirds apart without shooting the damn things and comparing them to the type specimens in museums. They write the same tedious magazines. The buy books about birds, and watch TV shows narrated by Hollywood stars and British institutions about birds.

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