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Are Kittiwakes Catholic?

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It’s a bird that rarely occurs inland, and outside the breeding season it spends its time far out to sea. In March, as the days start to lengthen, so the wandering birds return to their breeding cliffs. Adult pairs are very site faithful, and if their breeding is successful, they will return to the same colony year after year.

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Birding Finland on the Fly

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After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Of course, birding was on the itinerary! Next came a stop in Russia. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe.

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Siberian Chiffchaff in the Altai Mountains

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The Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita is an abundant species with an impressive global range that stretches from the West of Europe across Siberia to Russia’s far East, just falling short of reaching the Bering Straits by a laughable 800 kilometres, a fact one individual apparently found too awkward to bear.

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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

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Helmeted Guineafowl seem to have some kind of paternity leave system in place within their flock – when the dominant male and female leave to breed, the second-highest-ranking male temporarily becomes flock leader ( HBW ). Of course, out of spite, I am only showing you a male. ” ( HBW ). Kind of like Dresden, I guess.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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Primorye is officially part of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District. The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. Who will play Slaght in the film?

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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This species might indeed merit a bit more research – the only paper I found on its breeding looked at only 7 nests (of which 3 failed). The HBW seems to be a fan, describing the vocalization as “loud, clear, sweet, quite rich and melodious” Me, I still prefer The National, despite the slightly disappointing latest album.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway.

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