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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. At the end of the 20th century (and before the ELs were born), the factory hired consultants to help it restructure and maximise profits.

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The Traveling Birder

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In a recent post, Corey listed five things to do when it is too cold to go birding and one of those things is planning birding travel. Here in Portland, Oregon, it is more frequently too rainy rather than too cold to go birding, at least comfortably. Thus, my “good birds” are likely the opposite of an eastern birder.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 21 Dec 2019. 04 Dec 2019.

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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. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus. The migrants are coming (Hurray!).

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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. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor.

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Collaborative List – January 2019

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A gathering of the beats at the “Hot Duck” barbeque. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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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. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa. So that was May. Margaret’s Bay.

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