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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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Some are all three ( e.g. , New York, California, and Florida). A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama. and West Virginia ranks 44th. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored. out of 51, including Washington, D.C.)

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Regarding Snow Leopards

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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica

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Spring in western New York was and is a time of melting snow, of ice chunks being rushed along the Niagara River, of when you wondered if this year, would it maybe stay warm in April and not snow again? Not long after, they will be flying to breeding grounds in West Virginia, Quebec, and Vermont to become birds of summer.

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Fall Migration in Costa Rica- Six Things I Have Learned

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The Eastern Kingbirds I knew from the fields of upstate New York were smartly dressed birds that perched on fences and chased Red-tailed Hawks. This being an uncommon species in upstate New York, I appreciate having an abundance of Cliff Swallows to look at. Eastern Kingbirds Form Flocks. Swallows Everywhere.

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Blue Jays On the Move

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New York City makes it clear that this isn’t quite correct. A jay born and raised in New York State may winter in Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia, or Tennessee, depending on its taste in barbecue. That last bit is my own interpretation of the data.) Some stop as short as Pennsylvania.

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Costa Rica Tops 700 Species on Global Big Day, October 19

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Personally, I love the day because I know that while I am out listening for owls and watching mixed flocks in Costa Rica, countless other members of the birding tribe are doing the same over there in the windswept plains of Rajastan, in the dripping cloud forests of Peru, in birdy New York’s Central Park, and so many other special places.

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Birding in Costa Rica, August, 2022- News and Recommendations

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While growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, I often wondered if the warm and humid weather was similar to the constant short-wearing climes of tropical places. In the northern temperate zone, August is a time of hazy, lazy dog days, a month when you soak up that last bit of summer during outdoor picnics and shorebird chases.