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“The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record”

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Because this is New Guinea, it does not attract t**s, finches, and sparrows, but parrots and birds-of-paradise… as soon as a fresh load of papayas and bananas is brought out and thrown on the table, the forest comes alive.” “This lodge owes its fame to a 3-yards-long, moss-covered bird feeder table. Perhaps this is because we can afford to.”

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Aelian’s On The Nature Of Animals: The Classics Can Be Fun!

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Despite the last group, this is not merely a collection of just-so stories. A subject that Aelian returns to again and again is the still-contentious issue of the animal mind , and to what degree the creatures he describes can be accurately said to learn, reason, and have morals.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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There is also a bit of science thrown in–bird banding, remote sensing, museum collecting–not everything, but enough to give the beginner a taste of the ornithological side of the birding passion. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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Redgannet collects up all the data and reports back on the first Saturday of each month. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Mulga Parrot – Psephotus varius. Port Lincoln Parrot – Barnardius zonarius.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 02 Feb 2016.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Bourke’s Parrot – Neophema bourkii. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 02 Feb 2016.

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