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Seeing Sociable Lapwing in Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan – May 2009 After our excellent time at the Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve we bid a fond farewell to its gorgeous grassy terrain and made our way to a location where Sociable Lapwing were known to breed. I know, I know, another horrible shot, right?

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We need to talk about your life list

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Yes, that’s right. I’ve got bad news for you, provided you do or have or will live and bird and list in North America. Before we turn our attention to your various bird lists, let me tell you a story about some wheatears of the genus Oenanthe that are found in Kazakhstan’s Mangghystau province.

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Where Tulips Come From (It Ain’t Holland)

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Kazakhstan, May 2009 During the two days spent out in the steppe in Kazakhstan I couldn’t help but notice the sheer number of flowers that dotted the grassy steppe. Was it part of some gigantic-scale gardening project planned by the Soviets when Kazakhstan was a part of the USSR?

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The Supremacy of the Booted Warbler

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This is all Dale’s fault, with his defection to team Dendroica just because he saw a couple’ colourful birds at the Biggest Week. Within Kazakhstan , it is found widely and commonly in the northern half of this beautiful country. That is illuminating, right? I never thought Dale would be this shallow a guy.

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Caspian Gull: The continental gull

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The key to solving the puzzle of Germany’s large white-headed gulls was banding juveniles of all forms in their breeding colonies and the fact that some humans find immense joy in driving around garbage dumps, looking at birds with pricey scopes and trying to decipher tiny codes on plastic or metal rings of various shapes and sizes.

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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows

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Bird blogging in May always gives me the creeps. This ridiculous focus of the Birding Internet on North American wood-warblers is boring on a quiet day and highly annoying during peak migration. It visits bird feeders, making it a worthy spark bird to new birders as they may see it closely. And do they ever try so hard.

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Caspian Terns in Queens

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Though they have a world-wide distribution and can be found on every continent except Antarctica, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia is a bird that is not often spotted in Queens. Any day of birding Queens that featured a Caspian Tern would have to be considered a red-letter day. … a.