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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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With two of North America’s major flyways, Mississippi and Central, overhead, and with almost 400 miles of coastline Louisiana is one of those states where you can see Eastern and Western birds and a hell of a lot of shorebirds and waterfowl. Louisiana is a magical place to bird. And there are the birds.

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Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri

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From its core range in the southwest US and northern Mexico, it has staged a pretty dramatic range expansion in the last couple decades, spreading nearly as far east as the Mississippi River. This plus Mississippi Kite, another recent arrival from the southwest, put me up two on this one. Roadrunners of suburbia.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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The next two shots give the answer: a close-up of a stunningly beautiful Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and a long shot of hundreds of Mississippi Kites in flight. ” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. My profile page identifies the states that I have not eBirded, including Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Mississippi, and Vermont. was good for 11 lifers. Our honeymoon in the U.S

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The Urban Birds of Austin, Texas

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Though I have been birding for a few years now, I had only birded west of the Mississippi once before my recent trip to Austin, Texas. Again, they are fairly common in the Southwest and Mexico, but for me they felt brand new! Given how far west I found myself, I was hoping for at least a handful of new birds.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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His fascination with birds and nature began at the age of four or five, and he now works full time in conservation of Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River birds and ecosystems. Mexico’s Coronado Islands: Brown Boobies, cormorants, oystercatchers, and pinnipeds | Search and Serendipity Mar 12th, 2011 at 8:19 pm [.]

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Your Best Birds of the Year for 2011

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Kirby Adams had a magical experience with his Best Bird of the Year and he blogged about it on his blog, Sharp Tern. While I had heard Yellow Rails in North Dakota in 2010, to see this Ohio Review Species fly, not once but twice, right in front of me was an incredible experience.

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