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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Blackbird – Turdus merula. and Apennine peninsulas (30 + 50 ind.).

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ American Herring Gull is “Smithsonian Gull,” a separate species from its European counterpart.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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It can take a bit of research to figure these notes out, especially when they are citing taxonomic differences (Riparian [Blackish] Antbird, for example, is treated differently in three of the four taxonomic systems), but it is tremendously helpful just to know that there is an issue to be researched.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. Peregrine Falcon nests. Brown-headed Cowbird itself gets its own section in the Blackbirds and Orioles chapter.

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

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“Ducks, Geese, and Swans” in the front, “Blackbirds” in the back; “Caracaras and Falcons” next to “Old World Parrots,” “Loons” about one-third of the way down the list, after “Tropicbirds” and before “Albatrosses.” The wonder of research?

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. Brown Falcon – Falco berigora. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Mussell Inn.

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