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What the rings reveal

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I’d love to have known where and when the Great Spotted Woodpecker in my photograph below was ringed, but though the ring is clearly visible, the number stamped on it isn’t. Only when I downloaded my images did I spot the ring, which was clear and easy to read (2BAT).

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Review of iBird Ultimate 7.2

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Inexplicably, Red-headed Woodpecker only has illustrations and photographs of adult birds with a full red head which could leave someone looking at a juvenile bird with a brown head very confused unless they read the text. … I was provided with a free download of iBird Ultimate 7.2 Not all species are treated as well.

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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. Serbia, the Bradt Travel Guide by Laurence Mitchell, 4th edition, 2013 (offers extensive coverage of birding sites by yours truly). Useful links: The National Park.

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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

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Current well-intentioned environmental pressures to emphasize harvesting large dead or dying trees, if realized, would have further adverse effects on such ecologically and esthetically important species as woodpeckers, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, and owls – to name a few 1.” References: 1 Scott, Virgil E., Evans, David R.

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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 )).

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Black Swifts Nesting at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

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You can get more information on McArthur-Burney Memorial State Park by going to their website or downloading their brochure in PDF format. Nesting Purple Martins can also be found on the northwestern side of the lake and Vaux’s Swifts can be seen above the tree tops over the highway outside the park.

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Greece: Pelicans galore at Lake Kerkini

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From the lake shore to the river bank in the nearby forest: Middle Spotted Woodpecker , Tree Pipit , Short-toed Treecreeper , Eurasian Blackcap , Common Chaffinch , etc, and back to the eastern shore of the lake. Middle Spotted Woodpecker – Photo (c) Georgos Spiridakis. Practicalities. My Lake Kerkini eBird list.

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