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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

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Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds. Last but not least, the Special Nature Reserve is being managed by the local hunting club – the reserve occupies their hunting ground. I will keep you posted in the part two of this blog. Lots of it.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). ” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. (If And it does not even live in reeds.

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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

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After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. You can see the comments from both sides by scrolling down after the blog’s conclusion.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

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Having come back to the blog in whatever form and persistency, the overarching subject of language in birding seemed to be a suitable and deserving theme since bird names were part of my original beat. Hunting in Germany is a very traditional pursuit and thus has a very specific and complex code of conduct.

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January Birding – Getting the Year List Going

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Get to my early morning birding destination while it was still dark, sit in the car with the radio on to prevent the inadvertent identification of a run-of-the-mill bird by voice, and wait for a Short-eared Owl to fly past on the hunt. This one was hanging out near that Fox Sparrow , but on the sunny side of the tree.

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The New Stokes Field Guides to Birds, Eastern Region & Western Region: A Review of Two Books

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The index is comprehensively excellent, including notable subspecies such as Dusky Seaside Sparrow and Sooty Fox Sparrow. They also author a popular birding blog featuring Lillian’s enviable photographs of birds, butterflies and landscapes. Every one of these field guides is excellent.

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