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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee. “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks! Yes, there was an American Kestrel inside!” She even slept with it.” How did Crystal react? “I was impressed but bewildered.”

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

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The male Black-throated Bushtits participate in incubation, the somewhat more macho Silver-throated Bushtits do not ( source ), presumably spending more time in pubs while leaving the rather boring job of sitting on a bunch of eggs for days on end to their female partners.

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The Lingerers

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Populations of Blackpolls, along with a handful of other highly boreal warblers like Cape May and Tennessee , tend to ebb and flow depending on outbreaks of Spruce Budworm, a small caterpillar known to be a significant conifer pest, and the birds lay more eggs and have greater nesting sucess in years where the budworms are abundant.

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The Traveling Birder

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Lifers included Cape May, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Kentucky, Canada, and Blue-winged warblers. Lifers included White-tailed Hawk, Caracara, and Whooping Crane. Northern Ohio for the Biggest Week in American Birding, with visits to Magee Marsh and Ottawa NWR. It truly is the “Warbler Capital of the World.”

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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The collaborative profile has been boosted by 2 new American states, adding Tennessee and Arkansas to the coloured patches across the map of the USA. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Tennessee Warbler – Oreothlypis peregrina. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Tennessee Warbler – Oreothlypis peregrina. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Tennessee Warbler – Oreothlypis peregrina. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018.

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