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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California

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More than 99% of the population of Tricolored Blackbirds ( Agelaius tricolor ) live within the state of California and form the largest colonies of any North American passerine bird 1. The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. See Birdchick’s post here.

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What is killing birds at Karla Lake (Greece)?

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In early August this year, I saw 77 species here (69 on the lake, plus 8 more in the surrounding areas) but barely more than a thousand individuals. What is killing them? Yet, what is killing the birds of Lake Karla? Spring (migrants and breeding species) and winter (wintering waterbirds). We do not know, says Dimitris.

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The Black Death

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But something happened, and it happened many times: Something has been killing our Blackbirds. We interrupt this blog post for an important message: This is the kind of Blackbird I am talking about, the Eurasian thrush that is Turdus merula, and not the American group of iconic Icterids you might have had in mind.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2022

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The juvenile Chinese Blackbirds get older but still look kind of stupid. Some of the more conservative Light-vented Bulbuls in my compound were trying to make the wearing of a tie mandatory for the species. Anyway, back to the somewhat less interesting birdlife within my prison-compound. So, I took these photos for them.

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Birding the Great Vly, Saugerties, New York

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I had no luck with the rails or bitterns but I did manage to see quite a few species, including some that were very cooperative. Red-winged Blackbird singing at the Great Vly. Should you ever find yourself in Saugerties with some time to kill you could do far worse than to visit the Great Vly.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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Lucky and his instructor were successful in bluffing this particular bear, yet the very next year in the same area, Hoshino was killed by a Brown Bear. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus. Cactus finch, Geospiza species. Galapagos cactus finch, Geospiza species. Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.

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Birds of Chicken Inferno 2011

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Over the years, I’ve chronicled an apparent decline in the numbers of the birds hanging around the kill-zone. In any case, common species like Cedar Waxwings , Chipping Sparrows , Song Sparrows , Black-capped Chickadees , Mourning Doves , American Robins , and American Goldfinch still make the scene.

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