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Pelican Release with International Bird Rescue

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There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue ! First, you get to tour one of their California centers , you get a special opportunity to see a Pelican getting its final medical exam and numbered leg band, plus you get the honor of releasing one, or in my case, two of their rehabilitated pelicans!

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Dolphin v. Pelican

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Really cool kayaking experience I had. link] submitted by /u/TheBetterTwin12 [link] [comments]

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Birding in a Refinery

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Due to the plethora of bird species around, invariably we were to experience something breathtaking. For me, there is little difference between this experience and another where the birds are habituated to human presence, pelicans coming in to grab bycatch from fishermen or storks at a landfill even.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of October 2020)

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A distant American White Pelican on the East Pond was Corey’s 264th species in Queens this year, which tops his previous best by three species. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey enjoyed some good birding on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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Birding Porto Lagos Lagoons, Greece, or the snake-cold Vergina lager

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Dalmatian Pelicans and Eurasian Spoonbills were flying above the beach, sometimes above the hotel garden, while Golden Oriole and Scops Owl could be heard. I recorded the song, which Merlin app identified as a Skylark’s, but I had enough experience to know better: it turned out to be a Greater Short-toed Lark. Now, I am done.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2020)

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He missed Brown Pelicans , a Brown Booby , and dozens of Great Shearwaters. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. If you spend any time in the NYC Metro area, you know what I mean! That last hurt the most as Corey had never seen one in Queens.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2019)

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As such, his Best Bird of the Weekend is the Brown Pelican , a bird that always amazes Corey in places where they are common. Seeing a squadron on pelicans just past where hundreds of beach goers swim is always an interesting juxtaposition. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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