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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

10,000 Birds

A contemptuous lack of suggested locations to match the ones submitted forced me to research literally hundreds of locations in the U.S Then again, at 1 in the morning, who cares where Xunantunich in Belize is located. Importing locations is even more ridiculous. How can a person keep up with this endless wave of revisions?

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Collaborative List – August 2017

10,000 Birds

9 beats, birded 9 countries this month; Belize , Guatamala , Costa Rica, UK, Iran, USA, Greece, Australia and Mexico. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Parque do Ibirapuera. 14 Jul 2017.

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Our Favorite Bird Books of 2023

10,000 Birds

We’ve gotten them all—field guides to foreign countries; memoirs and big year books; narratives about ornithological research, then and now; identification guides on terns and flycatchers; birding guides to birdy areas of northern North America (Ontario and Minnesota); books about owls and penguins; and more. Howell and Dale Dyer.