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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

10,000 Birds

I saw Painted Wolves again, my favourite species ever. Southern White-faced Owl or African Scops Owl ? So I was particularly pleased when one of the last birds I saw was a Spot-billed Duck, a local bird and lifer. A new duck! There’s an Indian Spot-billed Duck. And an Eastern Spot-billed Duck.

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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

It turns out that duck nests tend to be so similar that you need to identify the feathers lining the nest, usually the breast feathers of the parent, to identify the user. Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ), version 1.0. There are also drawings of nests and eggs in the introductory chapters. Poulin, R. Millsap, and M.

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