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A World Turned Upside Down

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Perhaps those people have never had to personally experience increasingly erratic climate patterns. The former should number at least a hundred thousand individuals each winter, while the latter should be present in the tens of thousands. There were plenty of other birds in the area, with 72 species around the reservoir for the day.

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Uganda’s Billion Dollar Bird: The Shoebill

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The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. That honor goes to the Gray-crowned Crane , a very sexy species in its own right. The Shoebill does not simply present itself but rather, like any object of ardent affection, must be pursued diligently.

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Hawking for Nighthawks

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Especially as we were at the time about to experience a rapidly advancing tropical storm. Two species of icterids populated the area, the presence of either was a direct indicator of the degree of water present. Striated Heron in breeding plumage – extra plumes and blue lores. Great Blue Heron. Common Waxbills.

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A Gathering at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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One species I can always count on at Colusa NWR is the Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ), which boasts a large resident population. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Colusa NWR was beginning to fill its impoundments during this drought, and there were quite a few ducks and geese present.

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Birding Shanghai in March 2023

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Its mood is not helped by the ambiguous review on eBird: “Although not actually pale, this brownish songbird is one of the plainer thrushes in its range” The Latin species name of the Dusky Thrush is eunomos (I guess that is Greek, but whatever) – meaning well-ordered. One page is dedicated to the Long-tailed Shrike.

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Better Birding: A Book Review (& a New Year’s goal)

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This is a very different book from what I expected, less of a handbook and more of a comprehensive identification text on 24 groups of birds, presented in words and photographs. It is an intriguing choice of species. Armistead and Brian L. There are no warblers here or small shorebirds or raptors, excepting Accipiters and Screech-Owls.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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Thus the “new normal” list, sanitized and with 6-foot spacing is presented below for your catalogue-reading pleasure. 149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). Trust me on this. The total for the year has been pushed to 1478 , whilst the life list has reached 4009.

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