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Birding at the Tip of Florida: A Bit of Everything

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Coupled with its geologic youth, this makes the southern tip of the state function as a bit of an island experiment. In fact, it was the explosive expansion of introduced Eurasian Collared-Dove which lead to the range expansion of Cooper’s Hawks in urban Miami as breeders.

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The Warbler Duo of Florida’s Mangroves

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Although both species are widespread in North America as breeders in shrubby edge habitats, that is not the case in the southern half of the sunshine state (the more northerly race of Prairie Warbler is an uncommon breeder in the panhandle). Everyone, I would like you to meet the ‘Florida’ Prairie Warbler ( S.

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

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I think it also has a lot to offer birders at more advanced levels, particularly if you are looking for boreal birds; the Species Accounts include locations of these species and helpful identification tips. This is an introductory guide, as are all the guides in the ABA series, and it is an excellent one. Bohemian Waxwing, p.

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Buller’s Albatrosses

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The Buller’s Mollymawk is an endemic breeder to New Zealand, although it ranges widely away from the islands to feed, and regularly goes to South America’s Humboldt Current to feed. As albies go they seem to be doing better than most species, and are only listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

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Book: Shift Your Habit

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And the tips aren’t hard things either, everything is simple to do. Everything is broken down into categories and shows how the “shift&# can save you money, how it impacts the planet, and easy tips for making it work. Here are a few great tips for future and current pet owners. We really enjoyed the book a lot!

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Flock to Marion

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These two islands are about halfway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica in the Subantarctic Indian Ocean, have had relatively few human visitors, and are primarily inhabited with some of the rarest seabirds in the world and a smaller number of mammals. Salvin’s Prion.

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How to Start Bird Watching So That You Keep Bird Watching

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BONUS TIP: The worst season in which to embark on your career in birding is probably early summer, that hot and humid period between spring and fall migration. The concept of observing the right birds in season, however, should hold true wherever you find yourself.

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