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So, Yellow Rail is included (2 dead birds and one live one are documented for the study area), but Ash-throated Flycatcher, a vagrant found in areas nearby as well as in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but not in the study area, is not. . The authors occasionally add mini-essays on species increases, declines, or distribution.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

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Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Phillipps’ Field Guide (I’ll be using this shortened form of the title) covers 673 avian species, including 59 endemics, and 53 species that have not been documented yet for the area but which may show up in the next few years.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 174

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Birkhead talks about John Gould in several contexts, including a portrait of him and his family and his bird skins by John Everett Millais, reproduced in the color plates section, the only mention of Elizabeth is her co-authorship with John Gould, of another color plate, ‘Comb-crested Jacana.’ They are also included in the index.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 218

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Families, or in some cases subfamilies, are tied together with brief descriptions of shared family (or subfamily) characteristics: physical, behavioral, sometimes habitat, nocturnal or diurnal flight, and if the species comes to lights. Here’s an example, from Hagen’s Sphinx, SE guide, p. Photographic Illustrations.

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

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Appendices list all vagrant species; “hypothetical species”—20 species reported by reliable observers but not well documented; and “more species to watch for in NCA”—20 species that should be showing up based on historical records, birds of neighboring countries and migratory patterns. Some images have been redone.

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For example, the Diamond Dove is the world’s second-smallest species of the columbidae order ( source ). Identifying White-eyes in Australia is easier than here in China, as the Silvereye is the only family member present in most parts of the country.

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Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

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AUGUST 4, 2015

The growth of community bird feeding programs in the 1920’s, for example, is shown to be rooted in post-World War I America prosperity–more spending money, more time, and (this is the part I like) the availability of cheap grain. The story of Duncraft is a good example. Scott’s was fined $12.5

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 228

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book.

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North America Sparrows America United States 147

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For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds. In every chapter, Nate makes clear that you can go further and deeper, but you don’t have to. And you will still be a birder.

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Birds of Kruger National Park covers the 259 species most frequently seen in the park, about half of the total number of birds documented there. You can find the Pygmy Marmoset’s family feeding tree by looking for its markings on the trunk, similar to those made by sapsuckers. that are found in the Napo River area).

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 171

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MAY 7, 2019

So, for example, Essay #15, “Individual Variation,” uses Herring Gulls to introduce the concept that one species, even one species at a specific age, can vary widely in appearance. The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family.

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Well-represented exotic families include starlings, ducks and doves and there are also many more individual species that now thrive here. Why, for example is it ok to count White-winged Parakeets in Miami but Yellow-chevroned Parakeets , which are more numerous, are off limits?

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Miami Parrots Research Birds 133

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Photos in the Species Accounts are documented with photographer’s name and place where the photo was taken (an important fact given some species’ nomadic or irruptive tendencies); additional credits are given in the Acknowledgments. taken from the Macaulay Library of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. .”

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 221

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). There is even room for notes. Except for the extinct Cuban Macaw.) by Nils Navarro.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 229

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JANUARY 6, 2015

Florida is by Bill Pranty, central Florida resident, author of A Birder’s Guide to Florida , now in its fifth edition, plus numerous articles documenting the distribution of birds in Florida, current chair of the ABA Checklist committee, and an active member of the Florida Ornithological Society. My only question is, why not more?

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Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 235

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MARCH 14, 2011

Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. … Tags: ducks , features , jamaica bay , migration , queens • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! What a spectacle indeed.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 170

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It is hypothesized, for example, that nocturnal seabirds like the Bermuda Petrel eat bioluminescent prey. A particularly good type of fertilizer, for example, drastically increased the population of crabs, spoiling Bermuda’s golf courses. Ultimately, the story always comes back to the cahows, whose population grows slowly.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Horned Grebes, for example, “may appear suddenly and in numbers, when wind and precipitation force them out of the sky and into the nearest water body.”. Dates of documented sightings are given for review species with five or fewer records and also for exceptional records of nonreview species.

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Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 165

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal).

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

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JULY 21, 2022

The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. Habitat loss, as documented by hieroglyphs. Here are a few examples: The Ostrich Communal Nesting System. And sadly, it is listed as Endangered.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

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JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Introduction.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 262

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JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. When you look at Clements latest taxonomic spreadsheet, you get a sense of the depth of their relationships to each other and the world. Humans were drawing owls 36,000 years ago, as Ackerman points out!

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

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JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. I hope by this time you have settled on a bird family for your avian obsession. (I Still, I would really love to see this in some form.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) Director Gen.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 226

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MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay. These Blasts From The Past ZooBorns?!?

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

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JUNE 27, 2022

For some reason, the largest member of the heron family is not called the Great Heron nor the Giant Heron but rather the Goliath Heron. It is also documented on video. The shrike family (Laniidae) has two genera, one (Lanius) with 32 species and one (Eurocephalus) with 2 species. Consistency is overrated.

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Birds Africa Eagles Barn Owls 147

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AUGUST 18, 2011

And one of the things you do is to study old documents, and you have this old book, this very very old book, that chronicles the life and times of some historic people in some historic period, but you don’t know exactly when it is from or where it was written. Flight is an example. Imagine you study history.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 247

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AUGUST 7, 2018

It gives species accounts for 761 birds (I counted, but I could have missed a couple) out of the 763-770 species documented in the country (eBird lists 763 and Gallardo says there were 770 at the time of publication). These descriptions are quite helpful, especially if you are not familiar with the family group. Species Accounts.

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Honduras Birds 2015 Family 104

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

And, then there is a Hybrid Gulls chapter, covering five well-documented hybrids. The top Herring Gull page, for examples, balances two horizontal photo series. But, I think the birding world is big enough to accommodate more than one way to identify the members of this infamous family.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 199

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Considering this adherence to scientific accuracy, it is intriguing that the authors have put aside a taxonomic form of organization and have instead opted for “a pragmatic field guide sequence… that groups bird families according to the broad biomes in which they are most likely to be encountered—marine, freshwater and terrestrial…” (p.2).

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Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

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JULY 3, 2018

The Flame Bowerbird, for example. I can’t end this review without talking about how impressed I am by Johnson’s research and documentation. In a few years, he achieves rock-star status in the classic fly tying world, invited to tie flies at conventions, cited in Internet chat rooms, mentored by the best in the field.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Published, by Mack’s nonprofit organization, it also serves as an example of successful alternative publishing in the birding world. This is also a good time to catch up on supplementary titles, such as guides to bird families. He also thoughtfully and harshly critiques Big Conservations’ strategies in developing countries.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 181

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

For example, while we’re used to ‘seasonality,’ observing damselflies and dragonflies in warmer months, rainfall is “the most significant variable” in the tropics (p. Species are arranged by family and genus along taxonomic lines, but not always in accordance with the very latest molecular DNA research.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 260

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

The 7th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America covers 1,023 species that reside, migrate, or have been documented as accidentals or exotics in North America. Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters.

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North America America 2017 Birds 182

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Kai understands that traditional bird portraits are beautiful (and offers many), but that understanding and truly appreciating birds comes from observing and documenting behavior and habitat. Birds of Nanhui Shanghai is an excellent example of how to self-publish a photography book.*

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China Birds 2018 Ducks 140

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Species Accounts for vagrant species are slightly different, with no Egg and Larva information, and a Status section replacing Population and Conservation, listing documented records of where and when the species was sighted or where it used to breed in Great Britain and Ireland. Fritillaries, always a tricky id, are a good example.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 172

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JANUARY 19, 2023

It is an impressive bird (for a prinia – these birds are not usually very flashy) – eBird calls the species a “large, fierce-eyed prinia with a long, oft-cocked tail” There even is a separate document just on the vocalization of the Hill Prinia, if you are interested (frankly, I am not).

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China Birds Burma Afghanistan 202