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Arizona, or Central Mexico?

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I got back into birding less than a decade ago, long after moving to Mexico in 1983. So I can hardly speak with authority on birding in the U.S. All sorts of exotic and beautiful species may be seen. Southeastern Arizona is unusual, precisely because its species mix is as much Mexican as it is American.

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Birds Are Gumming Up the (Public) Works

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As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species. But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide. The birds nest in the span, which is being replaced by a new bridge.

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There Are Migratory Birds Other Than Wood-Warblers. Who Knew?

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But I have tried my best to give some attention to passerines that are not wood-warblers this spring, and I think I have been at least moderately successful in taking my eyes and my optics from the gaudy wood-warblers and focusing them on gaudy birds that are not wood-warblers. This cooperative bird was around Forest Park for several days.

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Flogging A New Patch

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The real challenge in discussing a patch is making it somehow interesting to other birders…after all, a patch is a personal thing, so blogging about one’s patch is akin to blogging about one’s bird list…it may be interesting at first, but it gets old really quick. It is known. Even the gulling was poor.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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However, I am here to make the case for birding California. With the largest state list by a considerable margin and a mind-boggling diversity of habitats, I reckon we have some amazing birding to offer. So if you are thinking of doing some birding out this way, here is a quick run-down of some of the state’s best birding areas.

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Say’s Phoebe in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York

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A Say’s Phoebe was found this morning in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, while Desi and I were having a fun nature walk at Oakland Lake in Queens with our friend Kerry. After our nature walk we had lunch, and while eating lunch more reports of the phoebe, which is a species I had never seen before in New York State, were coming in over email.

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Queens Big Day (Kind of)

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I decided to spend my day Friday birding the heck out of my home borough to see how many species I could track down for the day. Nonetheless, I ended up with 124 species of birds in Queens in the just-over-twelve-hours I spent birding. Not bad, not bad at all. Magnolia Warblers are always a show-stopper.

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