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Harris’s Sparrow, Eh?

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So, let’s talk more about the Harris’s Sparrow. This big, chunky sparrow is one of Canada’s few endemic breeders (Wikipedia says the only one, but I trust Cornell more.) This genus contains some of my favorite sparrows, although it is hard to put my finger on why. Unlike all other U.S.

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My Global Big (half-)Day, May 2022

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A few Eurasian Tree Sparrows land by my car as I am scanning for Purple and Squacco Herons , Pygmy Cormorants and Black-necked Grebes in their brilliant breeding plumage. Driving with open windows (to hear the birds) becomes unbearable and I am heading out of this fish farm. Watching carefully, yes, not one, but two.

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Great Grassland Birds at Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge

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Once I stepped out of the car the sightings piled up quickly: Grasshopper Sparrow , American Kestrel , Savannah Sparrow , Willow Flycatcher , Eastern Meadowlark. And then, only a few yards away, a Henslow’s Sparrow was found singing as well. The sweet song of Eastern Meadowlarks is pleasant enough.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2016)

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Mid-June has so much to offer in the temperate zones, with breeders in one half of the world and migrants in the other. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Barn Swallow that kept him company in a bird blind while Seaside Sparrows sang and Common Terns hunted in Wildwood, NJ. And to those of you in the polar zones, just why ?

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In the Weeds

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In honor of fall, and of the Chipping Sparrow that just smacked itself (thankfully not too hard) against my balcony window, here’s a blast from the past: Oct. That more-or-less covers a vast range – both metaphorically and literally, as the yellower birds are eastern breeders and the more whitish ones hail from the west.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

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This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. The Black-naped Oriole is one of the most attractive summer breeders in Shanghai. Such as the Black-winged Cuckooshrike.

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In Search of New York’s Breeding Birds

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As always, the woods around the marsh were busy with breeders setting up shop. In addition to the Veery I saw or heard a pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos , some cooperative Eastern Kingbirds , Swamp Sparrows , Warbling Vireos , Wood Thrush , Cedar Waxwings , a Worm-eating Warbler , and, well, you get the idea: it was awesome!

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