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Common Ringed Plover

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Very occasionally though, one might stray down the eastern seaboard of the USA, but for the most part, those that breed in arctic Canada migrate towards Europe and swell numbers there during the winter. In this part (sorry Corey) all those tundran breeders seem to have followed the path most flown.

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Canada Mink Breeders Association Annual Meeting in WI on August 31st

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The Canadian Mink Breeders Association will be holding it's annual meeting in Madison WI. Here is the link to the CA Mink Breeders site, but it seems to be down. Here is a list of the attendees.

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Yellow-headed Blackbirds: Conspicuous Wetland Breeders

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Yellow-headed Blackbirds ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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This is Canada, so it goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway), that common names are given in English and French. A two-page spread is devoted to the Gyrfalcon, which Earley proudly tells us is “one of the most sought-after birds in Ontario, if not all of Canada” (p. Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of July 2015?

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The general lack of longitudinal movement among birds limits most areas to the same restricted pool of resident breeders every year. Canada Geese are never as interesting as when escorting those adorable goslings! However, even the most jaded among us should be able to appreciate the appearance and behavior of fledglings and juveniles.

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Harris’s Sparrow, Eh?

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This big, chunky sparrow is one of Canada’s few endemic breeders (Wikipedia says the only one, but I trust Cornell more.) So, let’s talk more about the Harris’s Sparrow.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2011)

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Those of you not living across a Great Lake from Canada may be suffering, but I’ve been absolutely loving this month! Now how about those birds… Corey has really beaten the summertime birding blues by focusing on the best of what the season of resident breeders has to offer: baby birds!

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