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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. At the end of the 20th century (and before the ELs were born), the factory hired consultants to help it restructure and maximise profits.

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Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds

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But how birds use these different senses, like the diversity in bill size and shape, varies almost as much from species to species. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. And again, there is great variation amongst different species.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. Thus 100 species were missed by the time he woke up and noticed that eBird had reset the counters at midnight(do you guys have nothing better to do?). Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. They came home exhausted.

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Autumn colours

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This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. Here is a little test-there are 6 species of shorebird in the photo-can you identify them?

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. Only 123 species appear on both sides of the life list. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. That’s just 3.35%. 21 Feb 2019.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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April was a busy time for the beats with 10 of them contributing 164 lists to accumulate 744 species from 7 countries; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Serbia, UK, Brazil and Barbados. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus.

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Collaborative List – January 2019

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The engaged and generous beats ( 10 of them) have shared 188 checklists during January and have accounted for 859 species from 8 countries (USA, Australia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, UK, New Zealand and Serbia. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus.

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