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Not enough Woodpeckers

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It is hard to imagine any birder not liking woodpeckers – they are the “motherhood and apple pie” of the avian world. The Bearded Woodpecker (Mkuze, South Africa) does not really look any more bearded than many other woodpeckers. It is the most widespread woodpecker in Africa, claims the HBW.

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Stamps in a Weathered Passport

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And if you take this phrase, “stamps in weathered passports,” my interpretation is that the experiences from travel are the “stamps” as sights, sounds, tastes, smells, textures, on your “passport,” or soul. Hannah overlooking a valley Traveling into Lesotho from the Sani Pass is an experience more than just the journey to the top.

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

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This Great Spotted Woodpecker isn’t even trying to hide its spots. One paper on Great Spotted Woodpeckers is titled “Requirements by the Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major for a suburban life”, but contrary to my expectation, it does not state that the birds need a car (an SUV, perhaps?)

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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A Reliable Birding Proverb

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White-bearded Manakins , Golden-olive Woodpeckers and Green Honeycreepers all came in pairs to feed on the fruit, the woodpeckers also prodding the soft, moss-laden bark for any other available morsels. A male Golden-olive Woodpecker was never far from his partner. Guianan Trogon. Green Honeycreeper. White-bearded Manakin.

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Monterrey Meetings

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Acorn Woodpecker and Black-crested Titmouse were plentiful and confiding. Amazingly, everyone showed up at dawn except for one person, who’d had a near-death experience with me on Colombia’s Sumapaz paramo, an acceptable excuse for a no-show. The ensuing conversation got me nicknamed “ Snow White ” by my young friends.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of November 2021)

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Anyway, how far do you really need to go when Red-bellied Woodpeckers hang out at your feeder mere feet from a picture window? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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