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Welcome Angela Minor, A New Beat Writer on 10,000 Birds!

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Jochen is still convinced Black Woodpeckers exist and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons don’t.) ” You’ve heard of situations where people with PhDs end up working as cashiers at McDonald’s or rocket scientists end up walking dogs for a living? But we’ve recovered from our drunken stupor, well, most of us have.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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Other specialties include Bobolink , Sandhill Crane , Black Tern , Pinyon Jay , Juniper Titmouse , Bohemian Waxwing (rare) , Northern Shrike , Black-backed Woodpecker and American Tree Sparrow. McDonald Road, south end of the Salton Sea, CA. Best seasons here: Winter through summer. Best spring and fall.

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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Horned Screamer Michael McDonald is a lot like Wile E Coyote and would like to see a Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ! Plus, I mean, it’s a giant chicken-looking thing that’s actually related to ducks… with that kind of identity crisis going on, what’s not to love? My most-desired Brazilian bird?

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