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Walter’s Book Now Available

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Walter Kitundu, who loyal readers will remember as an excellent Beat Writer here on 10,000 Birds , has a new e-book available. It is studded with the wonderful images that his fans will surely associate with him and is well worth checking out. You can get Bird Knowledge: Little Life Lessons Learned from Birds on the iTunes store here.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of October 2011?

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More important, what are you doing this weekend and will you be birding? I’m headed to Costa Rica for a long, presumably bird-bountiful weekend in the capable custodianship of Patrick O’Donnell. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Do you think of October when you see pumpkins?

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Sad End for Vagrant Swift, Happy Ending for Wrong-Way Pigeon

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Whither the wayward bird? But sometimes, the bird would have been better off staying home. Well, the early bird(ers) on Harris were the ones lucky enough to get the tick, because a mere two days after it was reported, the Needletail flew into a wind turbine and perished. Photo by Steve Duffield/ The Telegraph.

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Going to Ohio for the Midwest Birding Symposium. Wait, Ohio?

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By the time you read this post I will still be in New York but I’ll be looking forward to leaving for the 2011 Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside, Ohio. Note that none of the aforementioned teams are named for birds — could there be a connection? ) I know I have forgotten other Ohio-based bird bloggers.

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Quinta do Casal Branco: Lobo e Falcão Reserva (2016)

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While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. Good birding and happy drinking! Three out of five feathers (Good).

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Getting the Guan (Pawi Edition)

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The latter reason explains why I joined a group of North American birders in an early morning assault on the birds of the Northern Range. This meant that, despite inconvenient bursts of rain and gloom, we were able to pick out all kinds of gorgeous birds amidst the lush foliage. This bird was almost the best bird of the morning.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Don’t these birds care about propagating their species?

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