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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book. Mexico border.

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Late March Birding in Queens

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Late March in my home borough of New York City is typically when Eastern Phoebe , Pine Warbler , American Woodcock , Osprey , and other early migrants are back but many of our wintering birds, like Snow Goose and American Tree Sparrow , are still sticking around. There were lots of birds around and my camera was in overdrive!

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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The trend at this time of year is a downturn in shared lists and birds reported, nevertheless, 12 (is this a record?) Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. Laguna Lagarto Lodge.

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Birding Santiago de Chile – Trip Report

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This is a continuation of Birding Argentina – Planning Stage. Farellones is a very popular sky area just east of Santiago and also a very hot birding place. We continued driving the zig-zag road slowly looking for birds and breathing the cool refreshing mountain air. What a bird! Chilean Mockingbird.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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I was looking out a car window the other day and noticed that of all the wildlife most of it was bird. A squirrel skittered by … a squirrel is not a bird. So the thought occurred to me that there is a lot of bird on the landscape, in terms of numbers of individuals as well as sheer biomass. Paul islands, studied by Darwin.

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Collaborative List – January 2018

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The beats noted 886 birds between them, 10 of which were new to the life list (which now enters its third year and currently stands at 3282). Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Black-striped Sparrow – Arremonops conirostris. American Tree Sparrow – Spizelloides arborea.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Best wishes to you all for 2019, keep safe and keep birding. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. La Cotinga Birding B&B. So please keep at it and keep sending me your shared checklists.

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