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Honestly, How Much Could It Rain?

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San Francisco averages two-tenths of an inch for the month, while San Jose only averages half that much. I had set aside the morning of Sunday, June 10th to cross the San Francisco Peninsula to the Pacific Ocean town of Half Moon Bay, a mere 25 minute drive away, for a few hours of birding. The Spotted Towhees were wet.

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

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Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., Eurasian Blackbirds living in cities have learned to keep their cool, compared with rural birds. News Bell Miner Birds Eurasian Blackbird kenya Zebra Finches' Ill-timed mowing … which a petition aims to stop in New York’s Hudson Valley.

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Easy, Bonus Birding at Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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From San Jose, it takes four to four and a half hours but given the excellent birding opps on the way, you might want to allocate a bit more time. Mid-day birding was predictably slow but we still picked up Red-breasted Blackbird , Snail Kite , and a few other species.

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Collaborative list – February 2020

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Rio san jose. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. San rafael road cloud forest 1. Chinese Blackbird – Turdus mandarinus. Villa San Ignacio, Alajuela. Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Villa San Ignacio, Alajuela.

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