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Birding Shanghai in March 2024

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Any place that used to be good for an interesting species last year is likely to have been turned into another construction site this year. I don’t think many other bird species are named after Japanese citizens. He was wined and dined at the Chicago clubs and in the most exclusive homes.” in northeast Asia.”

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Arizona, or Central Mexico?

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All sorts of exotic and beautiful species may be seen. This would sound attractive even to me, except for one fact: almost all of those exotic and beautiful species are common down here in central Mexico. Southeastern Arizona is unusual, precisely because its species mix is as much Mexican as it is American.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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Hongbenghe is a very small village in Yunnan, right next to the border with Myanmar. A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago.

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What is a Black Hawk?

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Confusing, right? gundlachii ), currently embargoed by the United States, is widely considered a distinct species. anthracinus subtilis ), on the other hand, was a formerly distinct species now absorbed back to the Common core. Now the Chicago Blackhawks , one of the original National Hockey League U.S.

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10,000 Birds - Untitled Article

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There’s lots of disheartening stuff going on in the bird world this week, so let’s start with some love in the air, in honor of Valentine’s Day: An avian version of “The Dating Game” at a Chicago-area zoo aims to reveal how best to manage mating in captivity. I know, right?!) Bad news: The massive Common Murre die-off along the U.S.

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Birds and music

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The Housemartins were another UK band with good tunes and the heart at the right (left) place – to quote from “Get up off on our knees” : “Don’t shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today” Two Asian Housemartins , one in the house (a true housemartin), one outside (Balangshan, China).

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

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The hope and claim is that transferring this process to gull identification works more easily and just as accurately (at least for species) as an examination of plumage and molt patterns. Species Accounts. Gulls Simplified covers 25 species. From the Laughing Gull species account.