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Yellowhammer Dialect Project

10,000 Birds

Most birds at a locality sing only one dialect, which seems locally stable over years. A similar citizen science project in the Czech Republic was a huge success. For some, collecting recordings from different locations and then plotting them on an interactive map became a real passion! Why Great Britain and New Zealand?

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My Year in Birding 2012

10,000 Birds

Two-thousand-twelve was a pretty darn good year for me birding-wise and otherwise. Seeing 525 species was nice, as was the fact that I birded in four countries, nine of the fifty states in the United States, and fifty-one counties. I went to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. Mottled Duck ?

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