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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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Could scientists use weather radar data to track the spread of avian influenza, and thereby help poultry growers protect their flocks? And as a ferocious storm bears down on much of the northern U.S., contemplating the pretty blue eggs are American Robins are soon to lay is a good coping strategy.).

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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Gooddie describes his quest in terms of a contest of wills and strategy. And sun bears. There is little factual material here about global conservation and protection, but that is not the book’s purpose. One must “out-think” the bird. Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. And leeches.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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” Blue-bearded Bee-eaters seem to have a pretty clever hunting strategy. He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). Please bear with us while this update takes place.”

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