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Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

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If you like birds on posts, if seeing “little brown jobs” posing nicely in the distance as you drive or walk along a dirt road only to have it fly away as you approach makes you deliriously happy, then North Dakota is the place for you. I wanted to see prairie birds and I wanted to experience a new state.

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

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In June, I visited North Dakota for the first time. Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. That’s one of my photos above.

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A Gathering at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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California is blessed with 51 NWRs and Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), second only to North Dakota with 77. One species I can always count on at Colusa NWR is the Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ), which boasts a large resident population. You can check your state’s refuges here , listed by state.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S. In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. After an initial period when all species are new, the lifers begin to follow a pattern. and Canada. I’ve submitted 448 such checklists.

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Getting a Birder a Common Bird

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Well, no one comes on a field trip at Space Coast trying to see a Carolina Wren except for someone from North Dakota where, from what I can see in eBird , there have been three records of Carolina Wren ever. Anyway, the whole experience got me thinking. No one comes on a field trip at Space Coast trying to see a Carolina Wren !

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Aim Small, Bird Small

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At Magee (Ohio) or Pelee (Canada) you might find yourself face-to-face with a male Magnolia Warbler (or any one of 25+ other regular warbler species found there in May) but you are also likely to be enjoying it with other people. Sometimes many other people. Aim small, bird small.

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Car Birding: A Birder Litmus Test

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Indeed, can you truly experience the wonder of nature from the confines of a vehicle? This is what we have to remember: - Many species are easier to observe at close range from a vehicle than on foot. - This is one of many Black Terns flying low over a bridge at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota.

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