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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species. You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus). Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum). Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla).

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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However, the species sometimes referred to as the Barbary Duck appears very much out of place just about everywhere else. Feral Muscovy Ducks seem to attract many of those epithets. Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do.

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Business Birding Basics

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For example, I had to be in Nashville (Tennessee) for a conference. I got myself 4 lifers ( Least Flycatcher , Eastern Bluebird , Field Sparrow, and Indigo Bunting ) before a downpour ended the excursion. Come to think of it, quite audacious to set myself a non-line dancing target for Nashville. Don’t rush home.

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