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Crow Roosts

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Yes, these are common birds, yes they sometimes eat eggs and baby birds (even woodpeckers do that) but it’s unbelievable to see that much bird mass in one spot. It gives those Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska a run for their money. If you haven’t checked out a crow roost do.

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Who Wants To See a Greater Prairie Chicken?

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Cut down the virgin forest and lose the Orangutans or Spotted Owls or Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. Couple that with the fact that Greater Prairie Chickens are either holding on or in decline in all states except Nebraska and the national picture becomes clear. But birds and all animals need proper habitat. This species is in trouble.

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The Traveling Birder

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According to eBird, the chronology of my life list includes White-Headed Woodpecker at No. Lifers included Painted Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Arizona Woodpecker, and Rivoli’s, Violet-crowned, Lucifer, and Broad-billed hummingbird. I am a westerner who has lived in San Francisco and Portland my entire birding life.

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Cow Birds

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About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of May 2009? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1990.

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Thrashing XXX

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These Blasts From The Past Finally a Feeder Watcher Recent Forest Park Birding Unpacking My 2009 Year List New Year, New Bird Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. at Princeton University in 1990.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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Though all are well-written, there are several that standout for excellence of the writing, challenge of topic, or stylistic daring.

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Birding the Battlefields

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Government to set up several forts, including Fort Mitchell in western Nebraska. Scotts Bluff National Monument, NE – During the War, Native American raids prompted the U.S. Scotts Bluff birders found nine species, including Townsend’s Solitaire , Black-billed Magpie , Prairie Falcon , and count week Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.

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