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San Diego Pelagic

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In August, we took a family trip to beautiful San Diego, seeing SeaWorld , LegoLand , and the San Diego Zoo. The boat is called the Legacy and it is an 80 foot whale watching vessel that generally seats 115, but takes about 70 for birding trips. If I saw that bird, I did not appreciate it, so it is not on my list.

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Bird Butts and Other Matters

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so I’m a bit behind in my intense pursuit of scientific findings related to birds. First, the bird butts. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of birds flying by out there are going the other way. While in Mexico, up on the roof of a casa (where I was cooking something up) I saw a murmeration!

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Collaborative List – February 2019

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The month of February has produced 838 birds noted by 10 beats who, between them, shared 114 checklists. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. They visited 11 countries and have pushed the yearly total to 1197.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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We can use the figures above to compare the birds that cross between the hemispheres. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. The post Collaborative List – March 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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If I know the readership at 10,000 Birds, they are already way ahead on this one, but please remember to give the migrants a little space. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. The migrants are coming (Hurray!).

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Despite looking way older than his years, we cannot attribute Regannet’s haggard appearance to hard birding, scoring only 19 during eBird’s Big Day was not the greatest effort expended on May 4th. Doi Inthanon NP–Mae Klang Watershed Management Unit & Inthanon Bird Center (Mr Daeng’s) vicinity. 24 Feb 2019.

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