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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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San Juan De La Costa

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This diversity makes for a very unique birding experience. In addition to the hundred or so species of birds I regularly find here, there are Desert Foxes, Bobcats, Mountain Lions, Desert Bighorn Sheep and Mule Deer. Black-throated Sparrows. This, all bordered by the crystal clear waters of the Sea of Cortez. Brown Pelicans.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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A statue now memorializes the Great Black Hawk at its favorite place, Deering Oaks Park, but the Steller’s Sea-Eagle is alive and roaming and has intermittently been spotted in Canada, it may return to Maine soon.) So, expect to find warblers before sparrows if you are browsing.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows. A mixed species flock of sparrows (american tree, field and chipping) was by the bike track parking lot. What was your best bird of the weekend? Wicked, right?

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees. Our guides were researchers from Callisto, patient and always smiling Yannis Tsanakis (above) and Maria Petridou with her infectious laugh and stories of her Sun Bear and Jaguar research experiences. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus.

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Duck Migration

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I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&# It was a great experience. Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? What a spectacle indeed. Mar 17th, 2011 at 2:18 pm [.] Wicked, right?

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White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. @Amber yes, that iridescent sheen is just the way you see it here. Beautiful bird. Share Your Thoughts « Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field? Thanks for visiting! Wicked, right?

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