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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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I also asked ChatGPT for some birding jokes, and they are at the end. # # # Query: Provide a list of the 20 best birding locations in the United States. As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, the following list includes 25 well-regarded national wildlife refuges in the United States for birding.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. I was also curious, as a birder of the northeast United States, to see what kind of avian changes have been going on in Pennsylvania.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of June 2016?

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The first weekend of June is, at least in the United States, our first full dose of unofficial summer. Yes, real summer doesn’t begin for another three weeks yet, but when weather heats up and non-breeding birds become increasingly scarce, spring is over!

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Snowy Owl Invasion!

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The midwestern and northeastern United States, especially coastal regions and areas along the Great Lakes, is currently experiencing an invasion of Bubo scandiacus. Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. The absence of the Caribbean means that ABA Area—and the ABA—excludes important aspects of the avian diversity of the United States.

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Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina

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It breeds across Canada’s boreal forest and most winter in the Caribbean, though some spend the cold months in Central America. The shot below is of a first-fall female Cape May Warbler taken in Potter County, Pennsylvania, by Mike Bergin in September of 2009. .&# It seems that Tiger Warbler is a good name!

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

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If you are hosting an unusual hummingbird in eastern Pennsylvania, this is they guy who is likely to come to your home and band it. We don’t simply learn that Great Horned Owls sometimes eat fish, we learn that in northeastern California, they eat Tui chub and in Pennsylvania they eat brown bullhead catfish.