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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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Is a free digital download possible?) My personal favorite is the night image of a White-crowned Sparrow beginning a night of migration, the sparrow’s usual bright white-and-black head and brown-patterned body muted by the inky blue darkness, the bill pointing upwards towards the stars.

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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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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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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. Practicalities. My Lake Kerkini eBird list.

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Bluebirds Fly

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They nest in cavities, created by woodpeckers, in large trees and snags. The pair may have to compete for nesting cavities with several other species including native Tree Swallows and Violet-green Swallows, as well as non-native House Sparrows and European Starlings. You can download a Nest Box Monitoring Guide from my website.

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The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital

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Download the relevant images and info into a location specific guide. With a library of every single bird on Earth at their disposal there will be an app that allows you to “create your own guide&# based on your location. Off to the Amazon? No need to page through dozens of plates of similar looking species anymore.