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The Collared Finchbill

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The Japanese Scops Owl has the same word in its name ( Otus semitorques ), but I could not find an explanation for that either. Fortunately for them (though less so for the cuckoo), in one experiment they ejected 100% of all cuckoo model eggs. The other is the Crested Finchbill.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Wicked, right?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of August 2019)

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Ever since I moved to this neighborhood, a local cat–clearly owned but allowed to roam free–has included my yard as part of its territory. Corey was camping at Fahnestock State Park in Putnam County, New York this weekend and he heard a nice duet of Great Horned Owls in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday. How about you?

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More Encouragement to Bird at Home

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My first experience was with a nesting pair, one bird was out at the time and the other was comfortably sitting quite low in the nest. We had shared our porch with a bold Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl the night before, so the expectation was there. I saw it gaze intently at our cat who has a perch at the same window.

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Birding Porto Lagos Lagoons, Greece, or the snake-cold Vergina lager

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Dalmatian Pelicans and Eurasian Spoonbills were flying above the beach, sometimes above the hotel garden, while Golden Oriole and Scops Owl could be heard. I recorded the song, which Merlin app identified as a Skylark’s, but I had enough experience to know better: it turned out to be a Greater Short-toed Lark. Now, I am done.

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The Hummingbird that Answered My Heart’s Calling by Noelle M. Meade-Izzi

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From Owls in the Family to Wesley the Owl , the narrative in which a human interacts with another species and learns a bit about life along the way has long been a popular and affecting one. This is a story that is clearly not going away.

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How to See 300 Bird Species in 3 Days

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endure for ground-cuckoos, staring cat-like into the dim depths of rainforest, I am grateful to help cater to their birding needs. A few other birds also showed, highlights including a tree full of screeching Mealy Parrots but other birding experiences par excellence were waiting in the wings.