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Playback of Bird Calls Benefits Some Birds

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If you do not have the right habitat or are unwilling to maintain it, it can become a very expensive House Sparrow nesting colony. You can get it as a cassette, CD or even download an mp3 of it. One of the things you can use to attract them to a new house is playing Purple Martin Dawnsong.

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Where to Watch Birds in the Iron Gates

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Download the map of the Upper Gorge. Download the map of the Lower Gorge. On your way back, you may try to explore the Lower Gorge and Mt. GPS coordinates of the Forgotten Road. The Dobra turn off from the main road: 44°37’45.92″N, 21°57’34.96″E. Useful links: The National Park.

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Greece: Pelicans galore at Lake Kerkini

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We stop by one especially unruly nest with half a dozen round nests of Spanish Sparrows below – two are chatting on a wire right now – while at the first floor, inside the nest construction, the House Sparrows live; and, at the top floor, the White Storks are clapping their bills. The Lake Kerkini chapter starts with page 48.

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Layover in Singapore

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The clean, easy and modern Subway/Metro system here is known as the SMRT (map, and fare/time calculator link) and there is a station at the airport (Google Earth cut and paste ref; 1°21’27.49″N 103°59’20.64″E ( If you don’t already have Google Earth, it can be downloaded for free at this link )). Spotted Wood-owl.

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The Feathery Tribe: A Book Review

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This led to a correspondence with Spencer Fullerton Baird, then assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, the mentor of many naturalist/scientists of Ridgway’s generation, himself a disciple of John James Audubon, and, yes, the Baird of Baird’s Sparrow. Baird, Brewer, Cory, Bicknell, and Worthen all make appearances.

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The Warbler Guide Song and Call Companion: A Review and a Little More

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The first step was to download The Warbler Guide Song and Call Companion files, which are in MP3 format, from the Macaulay Library website to the iTunes program on my computer. The Companion files should be downloadable to other mobile devices, just be aware that the focus here is on using iTunes.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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This meant that the app I had downloaded to my phone, Sasol eBirds of Southern Africa , produced by mydigitalearth.com, was the same as the book I had brought, which was not my intent.The app itself was excellent–easy to use, comprehensive, and relieving me of the burden of carrying a heavy book in my backpack.