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Do Snowy Owls really belong in genus Bubo?

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Over the past two weeks, an incursion of Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) has spread rapidly across the Great Lakes region and down the Atlantic Coast, as far south as North Carolina. This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex.

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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

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As McMullan tells it, birding goes pretty well with the military lifestyle, at least for himself and a select few others. As shown by the photo, below, of McMullan and Merlin, his Eurasian Eagle Owl friend, McMullan is a rough-hewn 6’4” foot bear of a man; he describes himself as resembling a character from the World Wrestling Federation.

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The Most Interesting Gull in the World

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Owls and eagles and ducks and hummingbirds and parrots and woodpeckers are all things that a regular nonbirding joe or jane can, with time and a few color photographs, see the appeal of. And what about lifestyle? The Swallow-tailed Gull aforementioned has that edgy look, with its red eye-liner and eccentric bill.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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When it comes down to it, birders can partake in the hobby, lifestyle, or passion however they want (as long as they don’t harm themselves, others, or the birds). This is what a Black Hawk-Eagle shape looks like. Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Owls (because they merit target status everywhere). Black Guan. Semiplumbeous Hawk.

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City Guide: Finding Birds in Belgrade

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and am not a lifestyle writer to comment on those claims. Best birds: Common Shelduck , Garganey , Ferruginous Duck , Little Bittern , White-tailed Eagle , Black and Whiskered Terns , Eurasian Penduline Tit , Bearded Reedling , Savi’s Warbler , Common Reed Bunting. eBird checklist. mi of embankment overlooking the wetlands.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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It’s an intriguing proposal — none of these birds had belonged much of anywhere before (heck, bustards were dumped in Gruiformes with cranes and rails) — and it means that birds adapted either to arboreal or to ground-dwelling lifestyles more than once within the clade. Jarvis et al. Remaining Afroaves.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

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Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well. Believe it or not, this is what “fidelity” looks like. Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life.

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