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A Brant With Bling

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I was also notified of a study of Brant behavior that is being done collectively by wildlife agencies from New Jersey, New York, and Canada. It was banded in Monmouth County, New Jersey, on 8 March of this year. It was banded in Monmouth County, New Jersey, on 8 March of this year.

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Junco Mashup

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Last week a mystery bird from New Jersey rightly caused a fair bit of confusion among birders of the Garden State and beyond. New Jersey mystery sparrow. The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). New Jersey. A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. Examples: California.

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

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Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically.

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How to Be a Better Birder: A Review by an Aspiring Birder

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He writes about how experienced birders think, and how they draw on the sciences of weather, geography, and ecology to analyze where the birds will be. But, before we get to the patch, Lovitch takes us to his home state of New Jersey for a “Case Study” in applying his principles and better birding skills on the road.

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

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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. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. This is a project that clearly spanned decades.

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Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

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Quarter of a century later, I jumped at an opportunity to study environmental sciences, and guess what awaited me there? An asphalt road passes by the eastern pond, the site of the breeding colony of Black-headed Gulls , in some years with a pair or two of Mediterranean Gulls among them. And it was still hard and I barely made it.

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