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Urban Birding in San Diego

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There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun locations, a world-renowned zoo, and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US. Birders biking around Mission Bay Each year, the San Diego Audubon Society hosts their annual birding festival in the third week of February.

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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece is the very best birding area in the Balkan Peninsula and definitely among the top ten hotspots of Europe. Some 320 species have been recorded here, and in springtime it is possible to observe more than 150 bird species in a week. The lake lies at a mere 35 m / 115 ft a.s.l.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2021)

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June is the breeding month, when New Yorkers mostly give up on migrant birds and look for birds where they nest. If you can avoid the bad bugs and get the birds it must be counted as a successful outing. There’s always good birds to be found there. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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Rainy Day? New Hometown Birding Spot!

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Use of the park was low because of the drizzle, but we shared the space with walkers, a few leashed dogs, and another kid or two, all enjoying the outdoors on a humid Florida afternoon. I hope to return early in the morning to really see how many birds utilize the site! New Hometown Birding Spot! The post Rainy Day?

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A Guide to Easy Birding in Costa Rica at Cinchona

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Birding can be a real challenge. For some, it can involve hiking into a furnace of a canyon to look for a small yellowish bird much easier to see in other countries. Birding can be spending the night on a boat in the Atlantic so you can wake up to White-faced Storm-Petrels and other pelagic treats. Weekdays are Best.

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Cry “Havoc!” or a Birding Movie before the Birding Movie

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Can you remember any birding movie before Schrodinger’s Cat? For me, the only “birding” movie that I knew of were the Dogs of War (1980). I knew about the movie since my early birding days although it was more than ten years later before I saw it. Probably not. Then, how did I know about it? In real life!

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Birding Gonggangling and Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China

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” When starting a birding tour, which words by your tour guide can have a similarly terrifying effect? What to do when faced with this question, if the urge to start the birding trip is stronger than the initial reflex to run away? The post Birding Gonggangling and Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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