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Mistletoebird family

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Here are some of the photos that I have taken over recent days of the Mistletoebird family. The raising of these young chicks is not over yet! Of course the Pied Oystercatchers are also breeding at this time of year and we continue to monitor their progress along our coastline. Male Mistletoebird and nest.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of July 2018?

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Of course, we love to visit new places and enjoy cool breezes at the shore, in the woods, or atop mountains. But travel often involves traffic, which–at least in my case–raises stress rather than lowers it. Summer weekends often mean summer road trips, mixed blessings at best. How about you?

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. Things get complicated – and then, completely out of hand — when Gabe’s new inamorata is introduced to his family. We were lucky, Alejandra and I,” says Gabe, unironically. “We,

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 1

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May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. While having somebody else raise your chicks like an attractive strategy to me, it is not without dangers. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

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Why Red-ruffed Fruitcrow?

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Tropical birding demands tropical birds, those families and genera unique to their latitudes rather than shared via migration across various climate zones. But these tropical ecosystems also harbor families that remind us by their very presence just how close we’ve come to the Equator and how far we are from the poles.

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Spotting My First Horned Owl in Veteran’s Park

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One particular family of owls had particularly evaded me. Two Great Horned Owl chicks had successfully fledged from Veteran’s Park at Baywalk , a small park that was once a three-hole golf course on Okaloosa Island. Almost the entire family had us surrounded. Until this past Sunday. Veteran’s Park at Baywalk.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White

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But come spring, an even luckier few may even find a fellow survivor of their own kind with whom to start a family, unwittingly causing contentious debates among birders about the countability of established feral populations in the process.