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SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica Welcomes First Penguin Chick

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On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. Be sure to check out the penguin cam , maybe you will catch a glimpse of the new chick!

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Birding the “Utterly Peaceful Moorland” – Sumapaz NP Colombia

10,000 Birds

Aleksandar started birdwatching when he was 10, after a face-to-face encounter with an Erect-crested penguin. One reason that I can think of for subjecting myself to such a torturous experience is if I am going birdwatching. To see any cotinga perched this close and in the open is an incredible experience. Ah, what the heck!

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Even so, he still knew many species and always yearned to learn about the wildlife he encountered. There were also grouse, the Ruffed Grouse , and like so many other species, it just seemed impossible that I would ever see one. One such surprising experience happened with grouse.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Plugging Kids Into Birding

10,000 Birds

By age 2 she could identify over 10 species of birds in our Johannesburg, South Africa, yard by call alone. There are quite a few to choose from but some of the better ones include “ Happy Feet “, a film about Emperor Penguins, and “Hoot&# , a great story about saving Burrowing Owls in Florida.

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Best Bird of the Year 2011

10,000 Birds

It is my best bird because it is just such an incredible species, and looking at it made me realize that I had temporarily stopped to fully appreciate birds during the stressful last few years. This year I watched them from the day they arrived , until two chicks successfully hatched, the northernmost breeding record for the species.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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The emphasis is on everyday birds seen in North America, though some of the more exotic and local species are thrown in for the color and romance of it all–Atlantic Puffin, Roseate Spoonbill, the poor extinct Heath Hen. 167, Meadowlark line of sight–not p.67). copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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