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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.

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

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Now, there are a few obvious uses of bird names that I really needn’t cover, like our ambivalence towards the house sparrow. Its nickname “Spatz” is one of our most common terms of endearment, yet “Dreckspatz” translates to dirt sparrow and describes a person with questionable body hygiene.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Many robins, eagles and finches later, he ended up at university studying various biology things and wrote a thesis on vertebrate biogeography in southern African forests. Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges. yes you, Dawn, coy.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Black-breasted Snake-Eagle – Circaetus pectoralis. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus.

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Combined Beats’ list

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Saltmarsh Sparrow – Ammodramus caudacutus. Seaside Sparrow – Ammodramus maritimus. Little Eagle – Hieraaetus morphnoides.

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