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White-tailed Antelope Squirrels at Joshua Tree National Park

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While eating lunch with Daisy and her family at a picnic area in Joshua Tree National Park the other day a small chipmunk-looking creature ventured out of the rock formation we were eating next to. White-tailed Antelope Squirrels are endearing little squirrels and it is well worth making their acquaintance.

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Purple Sunbird

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Normally, it would not be possible to walk here, but people were drawing a collective sigh of relief as two nuclear powers stood down and petty rules were more pliant than usual. A Palm Squirrel and a Shikra agreed to a halt in hostilities for the day. The Purple Sunbird is an elegant example of it’s family.

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Birding Adventure in Mexico Part II: Durango Highway

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This is where Gila Woodpecker and Yellow-breasted Chat meet Squirrel Cuckoo , Bat Falcon , and Black-throated Magpie-Jay. In the mean time, a family group of Black-throated Magpie-Jays were frolicking in the breeze high over the dry valley, showing off their exorbitantly long tail streamers. Dry and dusty Camino La Noria.

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

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Ahead of the first trip, I wasn’t thinking much about mammals, and yet, you cannot miss them, from Nilgais near villages to Indian Flying Foxes in town centres, not to mention those ubiquitous and irresistibly cute Palm Squirrels eating seeds left for parakeets. On that first trip, I even saw some of the last 500 (Asiatic) Lions !

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eBird and Urban Planning: City Green Spaces

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The researchers divided the city’s land area into seven categories: (1) open space for conservation ( e.g., forest preserves), (2) open space for recreation, (3) other open spaces ( e.g. , trails/greenways and cemeteries), (4) water, (5) single family residential, (6) multifamily residential, (7) roads, and (8) all others. A: Good question!

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. To get as close as I can to a true reflection of species collaboratively collected by the beats, I update the post just before kissing my family goodbye and heading to the airport. Scaled Pigeon – Patagioenas speciosa. Laguna Lagarto Lodge. 01 Jun 2019. Laguna Lagarto Lodge.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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If you liked this post featuring Ruddy Duck images why not check out 10,000 Clicks , our collection of photo-galleries? Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. So I switched to “Rubbery&#.

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