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Birding Adventure in Mexico Part II: Durango Highway

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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. It did not take long before we had a family group of Tufted Jays right by the side of the road (KM 216) and an uncommon Gray-collared Becard at the same spot.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. wrote Heilke in Colorado. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A “I’d wish for rehabber-appreciative regulators who don’t think adding paperwork equals adding security,” wrote Louise in Oregon. Charitable Things.

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So, I’m Writing a Field Guide

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After all, the three guides that have been published so far include New Jersey’s, written by Rick Wright ; Colorado’s, written by Ted Floyd ; and Florida’s, written by Bill Pranty. But to find a Cerulean Warbler a New York birder needs a bit more information, so I included a couple of parks where they can be found.

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The Unsung Hero of Denver Birding!

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The Front Range of Colorado offers unique birding experiences from top to bottom. He moved from Delaware to Colorado and then like a week later this bird shows up in Denver. But it is not just gulls that show up in surprise, but all bird families are represented with rarities in this park.

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

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The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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Living in Colorado, I was practically next door neighbors to a Spix’s Macaw, “Presley,” who was discovered in an Evergreen living room—the only known Spix’s Macaw in the United States—and who was repatriated to Brazil before I even knew he existed. Ellen Kessler, like many birders the world over, would like to see a Spix’s Macaw.

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