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A Crowd House of Martins

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A type of birding experience that I greatly enjoy is one of those moments where I’ve come across a simply huge number of birds. As I mined my old birding photos, I recalled one such experience at the Palekhori-Kambi Dam in the eastern part of the Troodos mountain range of Cyprus.

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Enjoying the Orange Peril

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It proved strong enough to take the many knocks and falls that a hard-used scope experiences during its lifetime. This Ctretzchmar’s Bunting was digiscoped in Cyprus Digiscoping is a remarkably effective way of photographing distant birds, while the success of my photography reflected the sharpness of the Swarovski scope.

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Spring is for Wheatears

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Spring is for Wheatears Spring is for Wheatears By Dan • March 18, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share What is true in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US holds true for Cyprus as well: Spring is prime-time for Passerines.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.

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