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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

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In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. Where can I see Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow followed by a fantastic meal ? These and other important birding related questions come to mind and during a normal July, I would be personally and actively helping answer them.

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Operation Duck Drop

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The following emails were intercepted by our crack team of investigative journalists. They are from the internal communication system of a shadowy organization of bird enthusiasts that we haven’t even managed to put a name to as of yet. From: Sparrow. The bird was released with no living witnesses. To: Sparrow.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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In 2007 I was working in a university building that was just begging for bird feeders. This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. There were no dead birds for weeks. I hoped it was an anomaly.

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Birding Cuba, or ObservaciĂłn de aves en Cuba

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I just returned from a glorious birding trip all over Cuba, so I am just going to ignore the pile of spring bird books on my dining room table (most of which arrived while I was gone), and write a bit about my favorite Cuban birds. Like flycatchers, the bird continuously forages for insects.

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Can An Early Arriving Spring Bird Survive Late Snow?

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It’s that special time of year when birds begin to move north and people see a migrant during a snow storm and ask, “Can that bird survive??” As long as the birds can find some open water and reliable fish, they should be fine. And a lot of birds that you see in colder temperatures are able to survive it.

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Spring Migrants at Bayonne Park

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Though the boardwalk over the marsh there is supposed to be open from 8 AM it was still locked up tight when I arrived at 8:15 so instead I drove on, keeping an eye out for birds. Then a flock of flickers foraging in a field got my attention and I parked and went over to investigate. It was a bird bonanza!

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The Joy of Bird Feeding: A Book Review by a Birder who Loves Her Feeder Birds

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Happy Second Day of the New Year, 10,000 Birds friends! I came late to bird feeding. Jim Carpenter is the founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, the popular bird feeder and seed franchise. There is a lot of information out there about feeding birds—web pages, pamphlets from bird feed retail stores and Audubon centers.

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