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Are Bird Blog Trip Reports Dead?

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But if a blog post is an un-or-poorly illustrated, straightforward account of a birder’s visit to a local park that lacks amazing birds or scenery is there any reason to read it? So why the heck are blog posts about birding local patches the most common type of blog post that bird bloggers produce? Really boring.

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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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In another of these strenuous links to something rather irrelevant that this blog hopefully is not famous for yet, there is a great song by Frank Turner, “A wave across a bay” About Scott Hutchison, singer of the band Frightened Rabbit who committed suicide at a bay in Scotland. The Crested Mynas do not seem to mind.

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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

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The wildlife centers set up lodging, local transportation, and meetings with their directors and veterinarians. See WildFilmsIndia’s 6-minute video of the brothers’ work; see Wildlife Rescue’s Facebook page ; see a blog about their work – and join the indiegogo campaign! “I What’s left? The indiegogo campaign needs donations.

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San Francisco – short of time and money.

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Redgannet, the blog, has taken a back seat while 10,000 Birds does most of the driving and Mrs Gannet does the navigating, so it has slightly lost its way over the last year or so. But, if you have arrived from out of town, with no car and limited time, you need ideas that can easily be achieved from the city centre on public transport.

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Accessibility Matters

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Public accommodations include government buildings, stores, hotels, transportation hubs, hospitals, schools, restaurants, etc. This post is picture-heavy because I think it is helpful to see everything, but the blog only supports small images, so larger versions (and even more photos) are on Flickr.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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He brings to the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine a lively prose style born of years of blog writing (initially bird DC and then for many years, still continuing, as The Birdist ) and his “Birdist’s Rules of Birding” series for National Audubon. I’ve always wondered, how do you write a species account?

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Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi

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Someday I hope to make the long journey to Inaccessible Island, which is generally accomplished by traveling to Cape Town, South Africa and catching a ride on a boat to Tristan da Cunha and then inveigling a local into providing transportation over to Inaccessible Island.

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