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The popstars are back: Paradise Flycatchers in Shanghai

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Here goes: Paradise Flycatchers are a genus in the broader (and rather large) family of Monarchidae. There are 17 different species of them, a few of them endangered, particularly some island endemics. Fear not, science has an answer: about 1.16 How to distinguish the two species, as they look somewhat similar?

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Flock to Marion

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A family motel and passion for responsible ecotourism brought her home to the Oregon Coast where she and her husband, Erik, adventure and record a podcast ( Hannah and Erik Go Birding ), created in an effort to inspire others to get out and bird. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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A large portion of North American birders are relatively new to the game, with less than ten years under their belts. Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Hello my birding sons and daughters. Consequently, we now live in an age of splitting.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

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Her children’s books–which include the charming Mama Build a Little Nest , other picture books, and chapter books–evince an easy familiarity with birds, their science and birding ethics. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. © 2019 Jennifer Ward, © 2019 Alexander Vidal.

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An unusual auk baby

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A few families have a small number of eggs in the clutches, like gulls or cormorants. One North American species I am very familiar with is the Cassin’s Auklet , which ranges from the end of the Aleutian Islands to California. Some birds pump em out by the dozen in the hope that at least one or two survive.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. That’s what you do with other game, right? Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. The big white one. It flies on.

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