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It feels like spring….

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…so here’s a post about some birds at a spring. The spring the birds I’ll show you today is far from the seat of New Zealand’s government where I now work. It’s actually found in a wadi in the United Arab Emirates, in the mountains between Dubai and the Gulf of Oman. I’m sorry.

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26 Hours in Dubai

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The travel agent mentioned I had a 2 hour layover in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. I was flying Emirates and that was the hub. But I figured there had to be some birds there. So there would be some birding. So I asked if I could stretch the layover by 24 hours.

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26 Hours in Dubai

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The travel agent mentioned I had a 2 hour layover in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. I was flying Emirates and that was the hub. But I figured there had to be some birds there. So there would be some birding. So I asked if I could stretch the layover by 24 hours.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

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I managed to actually beat my year list total, as accounted by eBird, by one bird. I also managed to go to 10 different countries, so rather than arbitrarily pick my top 10 birds of the year, I’ll arbitrarily pick a top bird from each country. I’ll also award each bird an award based on why I picked it.

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Clearing up the Collared Kingfishers

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Subspecies kalbansis, United Arab Emirates. I’m not sure why Australian birds are given this name, but the Australian subspecies is the Torrresian Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sordidus ). Flickr User Sergey Yeliseev , (Creative Commons, Attribution, Non Commercial, Non-derivs). Subspecies humii , Thailand.

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Confusing Collared Kingfishers

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The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls , Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to the tiniest details in order to assign an individual to a specific species (if it can be done at all). One such bird is the Collared Kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris ).

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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It’s September and time for birds to start their southerly journeys. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. 9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Malbup Creek Bird Hide.

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