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Migration Comes to Me

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But then a noticed a lot of little birds flitting around my front yards. These birds were enticingly smaller than the House Sparrows that just fledged, so I grabbed my downstairs bins (you also have optocs stashed strategically throughout your house, right?) After the usual morning mayhem subsided here, the birding began in earnest.

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Back in the Saddle Again

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I’ll be honest: As much as I enjoy writing for 10,000 Birds, there is an element of anxiety to the commitment. Given this situation, it helps to have a productive outing every single week. Every plant is blooming, and hummingbirds, our most colorful birds, are everywhere. Here’s looking jealously at you, Kai!)

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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

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Here are some of the things I learned reading Birds in Winter: . Birds who store food in advance of winter (corvids, t**s, and nuthatches) have a larger hippocampus (the brain structure that regulates memory) than non-storing birds do. Author Roger F. The book is organized logically by seasonality.

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey: A Book Review

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So, while we are in awe of an identification guide that discusses every single field mark of hawks or warblers, we tend to accept without question bird identification guides that aim to teach beginning and intermediate birders how to recognize birds in their backyards, neighborhood parks, and state preserves. Think about it.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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Humiliating him in front of his public had a far more productive effect than I could have hoped for in fact, as he upped and took himself off to Panama in an attempt to appease the compiler. Ota Ward–Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park). fantastic birding tour dock area. Ota Ward–Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park). 30 Apr 2017.

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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. For those of you whose summer and winter are opposed to the northern version, we wish you a productive approach to the colder months.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

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The same can be said of 10,000 Birds beat writers, but we are not as sensitive on the whole. I am delighted to say that despite her initial reluctance to embrace eBird, Clare was the most productive beat this month, responsible for nearly all of the new stuff. Next month, there will be a sweepstake open to all 10,000 Birds readers.

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