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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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Since many of these exceptions are common birds (Wood Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, Great-horned Owl), I assume Lund saw the additional space as opportunities to teach people how to absolutely positively identify these birds, adding more text and featuring images of the species in flight or in gender-specific, nonbreeding or juvenile plumage.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of April 2017)

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My birthday bird this weekend ranks high on my list of special sightings: Northern Saw-whet Owl ! I rarely catch this cutie at Owl Woods during its spring migration, but this one couldn’t be missed. Corey had a wonderful weekend in Southern California racking up year birds in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.

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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And there is wonder in the beauty of our country, eloquently described as Dorian cycles through the Florida Everglades, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the Redwood forests of Oregon, and even South Central Los Angeles. This is a smartly written book. Big Year Books are the niche genre of birding.

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Arizona, or Central Mexico?

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Residents of southeastern Arizona that you can also see here are the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Yellow-eyed Junco , and Elegant Trogon. You can fly direct to Mexico City from many American cities; while you can fly direct to Morelia from Oakland, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, and Chicago. I love Red-faced Warblers !

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The ABA’s 50th Anniversary and Information: From Scarce to Abundant

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There has been an explosion in field guides as well, with many excellent guides for North America (and virtually anywhere else on the planet ) as well as comprehensive volumes dedicated to specific types of birds such as raptors , warblers , hummingbirds , owls , gulls , waterfowl , and seabirds , among others.

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Lifer Ocean

10,000 Birds

When we motored into Los Angeles County waters to pick up the many thousand strong flock of storm-petrels milling about. They’re not expected by any means, but this had been a good year for them and they were on the short list of species we were looking hard for. It was nice to get such long, satisfying looks.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011?

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VRinA2 Mar 4th, 2011 at 9:32 pm Heading to the Soo, looking for Snowy Owls. Calif.) @ VRinA2 – where are you looking for Snowy Owls? We, along the coast in Los Angeles County, have a FY Harris’s Sparrow here now for about a week. Busy, busy, but hope to get out to look for waterfowl in the Vancouver area.

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