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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

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One website states that only 15% of the birds that hatch make it to become first year breeding adults, 6% make it to the second year, and 3% to the third year. Other species – such as starlings or t**s – stealing the nesting site of Eurasian Nuthatches is one of the major reasons for breeding failure.

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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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A paper by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines argues that trapping the parrot is essentially a way of wasting money. Like many humans, it is presumed to be monogamous (source: HBW). The US company NE Pigeon Supplies presumably is involved in supplying materials to keep and breed pigeons.

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Nature is Tough

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We watched the bird for awhile as it foraged and though the injury was painful to contemplate for we humans the bird seemed to be getting by alright. It will never make it to the Paramo in the high Andes for winter nor return to the tundra to breed. That is how it is and how it should be.

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in November 2021

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Humans, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. I have to say that the pattern suits the buntings much better than humans, though, and hopefully, it is also more pleasant for them to wear. This species is listed as vulnerable – similar to the Yellow-breasted Buntings, it is trapped on a large scale.

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School Burrowing Owls

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It also has one of the highest human population densities in the state. Not surprisingly, this brings Burrowing Owls into close contact with humans across the county. Loss of habitat due to development, disturbance at burrows and negative interactions with humans are some of the threats facing this charismatic species.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience.

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A few Barbets

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Man has to be thrifty with limited resources, which in my case are decent bird photos. Anyway, apparently, barbets are named for the bristles at the bases of their bills (the French word “barbe” means “beard” – I guess that “barbed wire” has the same origin).