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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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There’s also a much greater variety of species of deer living here now than than there were four or five hundred years ago, for along with our native Roe and Red Deer we also have large populations of Fallow, Sika, Reeves’s Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer. Reeves’s Muntjac , a highly successful invasive species in the UK.

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The Danube Backwaters

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It is a fascinating world of swampy forests of willow and poplar, inhabited by Black Storks , White-tailed Eagles , Eastern Olivaceous and Icterine Warblers (above), among more than 200 other species. What I have always missed there and what I still miss is to experience presence of the European Beaver. Nevertheless, Nagy was right.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2018)

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Some eager beavers have already broken triple digits for the year while less industrious sorts may not even be in double digits. I enjoyed my first wave of feeder birds for the year, with Tufted Titmouse winning BBOTW honors only because that species appears less frequently than my other local denizens.

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Great Gray Owl in Keene, New York

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I saw a beaver though! The beaver was way over on the other side of the valley we were looking down at. Other than the beaver there wasn’t much to see. I’m not truncating the list: those are the only species that I saw while I waited. It was a long two-plus hours. That was nice. Someone (a guy named Rick?)

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Jumping out of my “Beat” today

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This trip was actually all about photographing the grizzly bears the inhabit the Katmai National Forest, I will not bore you with the flight details, from La Paz, Mexico to Alaska, but it included several planes, one of which was a De Havilland Beaver float plane. Well, I guess I just have to go back! Common Redpoll. Emperor Goose.

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The Great Animal Orchestra

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We learn why animals sound as they do, how they have influenced our own music and health, and what is happening to their species as we introduce other noises into their ecosystems. THE GREAT ANIMAL ORCHESTRA also explains Krause’s discoveries in the world of “biophony”. Would you like to take a listen?

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Week 30: We return to Summer Lake

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By the time we left, I had recorded one new Lifer, 12 New Year Birds, and a total of 76 species. In addition to the birds, we saw Mule Deer, Beaver, Muskrat , and Mink. The Little Big Years stand as follows: Little Big Year Species – 860. US species – 175. Here is a shot of our 5th wheel in the campground, as it were.