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Come@Me Week Round Up

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1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. 7AM – Duncan: Bird Photography is a Fantastic Waste of Time. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.

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Welcome to Come@Me Week

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1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. 7AM – Duncan: Birders Don’t Need to Dress Like Geeky Desert Storm Cosplayers. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.

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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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If you think one of the birds is a Song Sparrow call it “ Song Sparrow &# and not the unspecific “sparrow.&# No, none of the images below feature a Song Sparrow.* He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Hooded Merganser 2.)

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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These Blasts From The Past Bald Eagles are Getting Spoiled… Help Save Migratory Birds! He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Sabrina Didn’t Make the American Idol Top 12?!?

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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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In fact, the very first person to guess, Nick , managed to get the third quiz picture correct by calling it a Bald Eagle. Of course, that was the easiest of the three because though the bird in the image is captive, a bird that was injured and can’t be returned to the wild, Bald Eagles do occur regularly and naturally in Queens.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

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Now, there are a few obvious uses of bird names that I really needn’t cover, like our ambivalence towards the house sparrow. Its nickname “Spatz” is one of our most common terms of endearment, yet “Dreckspatz” translates to dirt sparrow and describes a person with questionable body hygiene.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. In some years, Spanish Sparrows were reported breeding inside White Storks nests in Sakule. Ecotourism will no doubt arrive soon, and with luck its revenue will prove that there’s more to be gained from protecting wildlife than selling it to hunters.”

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