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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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But it’s a very fluid definition, as the book makes very clear. Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs.

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White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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Larry Jordan Mar 3rd, 2011 at 2:49 am @Robert it was definitely fortuitous and thanks for the comment @Corey thanks! A First Christmas Bird Count Experience » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Corey Mar 2nd, 2011 at 7:57 pm These shots are great. Happy Birding!

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? By definition, it’s a feeling that one tries to hide.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. I reduced all lines and edges to straights and curves (that’s all there are) and began to render with mechanical drawing instruments¬ ruling pen, compass, French curve, T-square, triangle.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. Thanks for visiting!

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! It seemed like a really fun way to spend the day! Thanks for visiting!

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Avian Quiz – March 11, 2011

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I have encountered this situation only one time in my birding experience. 2. Size is interesting, but isn’t definitive. 3. Facial characteristics are interesting, but aren’t definitive. 5. Song is interesting, but isn’t definitive. It is not a new book, about 6 years old. But not while flying. Think “white”.

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