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Grateful for My Yard Birds

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His discomfort made him fussy, which made getting work done nearly impossible until my husband came home from his job at a nearby wildlife management area. And yet, I miss my family and friends, and grieve for those around the world who are not as lucky as I have been. I was on my own for the evening. Eastern Kingbird.

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Urban Birding in Costa Rica

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However, as with many other places throughout the globe, this small country also has its fair share of urban wildlife. Blackbirds. Some members of this family always do well with people and Costa Rica is no exception. Lots of birds, a lot of really cool birds! The Emerald Tanager is one of those cool ones.

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Returning home, reunions, smoke and birds!

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I will provide some much greater coverage of my trip, and the species that I was able to photograph in the next couple of weeks, but one of the most exciting birds for me, was found during my stop-over at Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge. These secretive little marsh birds are rarely found out in the open, like most of the rail family.

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Week 23: The advenure continues, Stateside

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We were able to find a very nice RV park, just a couple of miles from one of my all time favourite birding hotspots, Billy Frank Jr, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Out near the tidal flats that make up a good portion of this refuge, there were plenty of Red-winged Blackbirds.

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Duck Migration

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Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

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One of the highlights of the trip for me, and for some of the other media folks being hosted by the Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority, was a kayak tour of Tule Lake in the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. Yellow-headed Blackbirds singing in the reeds allowed us to get an arm’s length away. Would I return to Spring Wings?

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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