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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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” are the big questions at the heart of Vagrancy in Birds by Alexander Lees and James Gilroy, an impressive, fascinating book about what ornithologists and wildlife biologists have found out about avian vagrancy so far and their theories explaining this phenomenon. internal compasses tied to the earth’s magnetic fields?

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

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And it looks even better in my hands while I dream about a visit to regions of Brazil I had scarcely heard of before being provided with a review copy of the first volume of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil.* Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description.

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Nine-legged Plover?

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By Corey • March 11, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share No, of course not, but what a picture ! 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. Nine-legged Plover? Hat-tip to Mike McDowell.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Mixed macaws in flight (c) Tim Ryan Chris wanted me (and you) to know about Fauna Forever Tambopata (FFT), a long-term wildlife, ecotourism and biodiversity monitoring project based in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. One of the course leaders/trainers, Eveling Tavera, ringing a male Band-tailed Manakin Sound like fun?

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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The owl was lying there injured, of course it’s not going to fly, especially judging by how hard you kicked it. Ornithology White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Video and desultory apology here.

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Birding Lodges – Part 2 – Punta Cana Resort & Club

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Golf courses, swimming pools, restaurants and a diverse collection of accommodation options. In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. This is not a birding lodge. Far from it.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

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