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MAY 12, 2022

Snowy Plovers also breed half an hour north of my home, so we have those in common. That’s me on the right. While I can claim full credit for the sparrow, Jonathan got the next one. This particular bird turned up against a very bright sky, so these photos are not as good as those of the sparrow. Feast your eyes.

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San Diego Turtles Mexico Sparrows 241

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MAY 20, 2020

That still leaves 11 Warblers that breed in Michoacán. Like the Common Yellowthroat , the Yellow Warbler breeds no further south than the central Mexican highlands. I must admit that I had the idea the Grace’s Warbler , common in our pine forests, were also at the southern edge of their breeding range here.

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MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. Seaside Sparrow. High Island in April requires Weather, so I was told. A Life Bird for my friend Yvonne!

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 200

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Above them, on limestone cliffs, Alpine Swift and Crag Martin breed. In Baranda, ask the fish farm management for permission to visit, in the last building on the right hand side as you leave towards Sakule. Forest covers 70% of the area (hornbeam, beech and oak). Almost 230 species have been recorded so far.

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Serbia Woodpeckers Owls Eagles 255

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JUNE 6, 2022

But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows. Taking the famous statement that Mao was 70% right, 30% wrong (Deng Xiaoping), his decision regarding sparrows certainly falls under the second category. But indeed they vanish somewhere once the people pretending to try and catch fish appear.

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Birds Sparrows China Abandon 147

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Every species account (well, most every account) includes information on habitat and talk briefly about range and distribution (there are no range maps in this guide); it is usually noted if the species breeds in Ontario, and often noted if it is migratory or residential year-round. © 2023 by Chris Earley and Scott & Nix, Inc.,

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MAY 10, 2020

If conditions are right, the Palm Beach Agricultural Area can be teaming with various shorebird species such as Spotted, Solitary, Upland, Buff-breasted, Least, Semipalmated, Western, and Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Black-necked Stilt. They especially like live oaks.

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Florida Miami Birds Falcons 246

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MARCH 8, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage By Corey • March 8, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share It should come as no surprise to readers of 10,000 Birds that I do not love gulls.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

It was also when October came with cool weather and bunches of White-throated Sparrows, shy Hermit Thrushes. The muted colors of Blackburnians, Black-throated Greens, and Blackpolls fit right in with the dull greens and golden highlights of the early fall vegetation. Birds Can Fly Right Over Costa Rica.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Start with Eurasian Tree Sparrow , an unlikely high-ranked target for anybody watching birds in Shanghai. Still, a bird that has its moments – and I am always surprised how this sparrow really seems to enjoy human presence, however destructive it may be. It looks fairly flashy in its breeding plumage, much less so in winter.

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Latvia Birds Sparrows Abandon 121

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JUNE 24, 2018

The end of June may be superior in many ways to other times of year, or at least that’s what millions of schoolkids are thinking right about now. Speaking of gifts, I finally tracked down that Henslow’s Sparrow that’s been singing its heart out dawn and dusk in a highly inconvenient field. Enjoy Come@Me Week !

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JANUARY 6, 2024

That day, he limited himself to showing us Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Rose-throated Becard, Grey-collared Becard, Spot-breasted Wren, Olive Sparrow, Hepatic Tanager, Blue Bunting and Stripe-crowned Warbler. Several of my clients sponsor a project right near the parrot cliff.

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Parrots Woodpeckers Industry Fast Food 152

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JUNE 14, 2018

Most birders, attuned as they are to the rhythms of the natural world, probably noticed when migration ended and bird breeding began in their areas. However, local birders have been reporting an unexpected Henslow’s Sparrow that I wouldn’t mind getting my eyes on this weekend. Lucky, right? How about you?

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Honduras 2018 Mexico Birds 100

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

I love sparrows, so seeing a feather-worn Vesper Sparrow this past July filled my heart with joy. We saw sparrows–a total of 14 species–and we saw many other great prairie birds, and we often saw them perched on posts. Baird’s Sparrow was one of those elusive creatures.

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APRIL 3, 2012

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. Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern United States with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back.

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JUNE 11, 2017

June may be the gateway to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the birding still delivers the thrills of spring migration when you have access to the right birds’ breeding grounds. I visited Letchworth State Park this weekend, renowned for a ridiculous density of breeding wood warblers. How about you?

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2017 Louisiana Birds Breeding 101

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JULY 4, 2022

There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. What could be plainer than the Eurasian Tree Sparrow ? Interestingly, Black-winged Stilts display laterality – that is, they preferentially use one eye (the right one) to find prey. Not going for the obvious either. Sometimes it works.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 178

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APRIL 7, 2021

Of course, the regulars, like House Sparrows , House Finches , Bewick’s Wrens and Inca Doves , are always present. Lincoln’s Sparrows are new this year, but every day at least five have been visiting my garden. (I That’s a Black-vented Oriole on the left, and the Gray Silky-Flycatcher on the right.

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Nashville Sparrows Virginia Rights 156

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JUNE 12, 2014

By the end of a day, the best bird was the White-tailed Eagle that caught and ate a fish right in front of us – a species they have seen in the UK only once. Pygmy Cormorant – winter (it breeds in Serbia, but overwinters in Belgrade). Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser – Belgrade in winter; otherwise, the first one breeds in Serbia.

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MARCH 20, 2012

The species I refer to is, of course, the House Sparrow Passer domesticus. But the lowly House Sparrow does not need to stay in the realm of the hated, the persecuted, the vilified. If Philip Morris can become Altria and if Blackwater can become Xe, then why can’t the House Sparrow be rebranded as well? We thought so.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hopefully, the winter time in Shanghai gives the Black-faced Buntings some time to relax from the challenges of the breeding season. One Japanese study found that it arrives at its breeding grounds earlier than in the past, most likely due to increased spring temperatures. No wonder no species are named after me.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 196

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine). This is not really an option at Nanhui though.

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APRIL 29, 2014

What we don’t get to hear is them singing, as they seem to only sing once they reach their breeding grounds. Just don’t embarrass yourself by hearing a Chipping Sparrow and confidently declaring that you just got your first Pine Warbler of the year. I feel like they never get their due as beautiful in their own right.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

Add more than 350 pairs of White Pelicans to that picture, numerous herons and up to 700 pairs of Pygmy Cormorants breeding in the same reedbeds (cover photo)… It must be bursting with activity in spring, but I was there in mid-September. Checking the birds on the stork’s nest, I found both House and Spanish Sparrows.

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Now, there are a few obvious uses of bird names that I really needn’t cover, like our ambivalence towards the house sparrow. Its nickname “Spatz” is one of our most common terms of endearment, yet “Dreckspatz” translates to dirt sparrow and describes a person with questionable body hygiene.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 171

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I love birding in the fall because of the sheer number of birds that come through after breeding season and because with molting birds and juvenile birds things can sometimes get a bit challenging. The birds moving through right now are not. There is something about a Savannah Sparrow in dawn light. What’s not to like?

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Birds Fish Sparrows Breeding 213

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JULY 8, 2020

But they will have to look in the right place, or they may have to go home with just another sighting of an “American” Robin. The American Dipper lives and breeds along our cleanest mountain streams… or so they tell me. I have yet to have the thrill of seeing one.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping. And one that I have written about before when I was pleased to find Blackburnian Warblers like the one above breeding.). It was big, private, right next to the lake, and well-maintained.

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New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 174

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

eBird states that “small white patch on throat is not obvious and difficult to see” And they use a photo that I submitted as main illustration, so they must be right. And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. It just looks stupid. Thank god that this does not apply to humans.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 190

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AUGUST 31, 2017

You can hear its song in spring, but even then, it is a rare privilege to have one posing at the very ends of willow branches right next to one’s car. A pair displaying at the end of August, well after the breeding season? Pairs are monogamous during each breeding season, but may change mates from year to year.

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Serbia Breeding Woodpeckers Feral 113

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The following section encapsulates a chapter of biological facts into one dense paragraph–breeding location, breeding time of year, nesting notes, timing of fledging, migratory routes to and from breeding areas, staging locations, foraging locations, and more. Perrow, © Maps: Lynx Edicions.

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Albatross Penguins Groups Family 278

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MAY 15, 2014

At the same time, one Black Stork wades through the shallows, right next to the road. There are a few spots where entering the heronry is allowed and the birds breeding in that section seem to be habituated to the visits. Off we sail to another breeding colony – that of threatened Dalmatian Pelicans.

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Greece Pelicans Breeding Buffalo 160

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JUNE 8, 2017

Shallows provide an ideal spawning ground for almost 50 fish species and submerged islands breeding ground for more than 100 bird species. Beside several well-showing Red-backed Shrikes , the highlight was one uncommon Lesser Grey Shrike (highly localized ** , with only 700 to 1000 breeding pairs in Serbia). I like driving.

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Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 116

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. Common Kingfisher , Common Hoopoe and the European Bee-eater come from their nesting holes at the high loess-bluff of the opposite, right bank of the river. In some years, Spanish Sparrows were reported breeding inside White Storks nests in Sakule.

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JULY 12, 2019

Spring migration flies by – literally – rather quickly in the northeast but the closeness of the Adirondacks means that although all those boreal-breeding warblers, kinglets, thrushes, and sparrows disappear from my local patch by late May, many of them haven’t gone very far.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Bezos has a lot on his plate right now. “So, for a relatively small contribution to habitat preservation, or captive breeding programs, or some minor climate change mitigation…” here a small covey of oil executives rustled and began to puff up, “really quite small, by your standards, you too could have a longspur. .

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Branding Falcons California Condor Birds 153

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Southern Florida offers many unique wintering birds, but perhaps none more so then the sparrows that call different parts of Florida their winter homes. Their population is currently stable among the arctic regions where they breed. The song is very much like other Ammodramus sparrows in that it is buzzy, wheezy and high pitched.

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