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Birding the Kruger Park (6): Pafuri area part 2

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Weavers – including the Red-headed Weaver – attack rice crops in Niger, the subject of the paper “Farmers’ Perceptions and Management Practices of Weaver Bird Pests in Niger State, Nigeria” The Steppe Buzzard is often considered a subspecies of the common or Eurasian buzzard, but it differs somewhat physiologically.

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Cute Fuzzy Adorable Baby Birdies

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baby Black Skimmer Rynchops niger baby Common Tern Sterna hirundo baby American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus … a. Sorry about all of that but, come on, how flipping adorable are these birds? There is a bigger version of each image if you click them.

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Collaborative list – May 2021

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Red-backed Kingfisher – Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Yellow Chat – Epthianura crocea Wood Warbler – Phylloscopus sibilatrix Common Nightingale – Luscinia megarhynchos Common Redstart – Phoenicurus phoenicurus Bobolink – Dolichonyx oryzivorus Pheasant-tailed Jacana – Hydrophasianus chirurgus Black Drongo – (..)

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Why Don’t I Have Any Finches At My Feeder?

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Nyjer (also known as Niger and Thistle) is not grown in the US, though it is possible. So it’s best that when you purcase Nyjer/Niger/Thistle that you always purchase small quantities and purchase often. I asked where he purchased the food from and it was a well known “big box” store.

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Pelican Brewing Company: Brut India Pale Ale

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As its borrowed appellation from the world of sparkling wine suggests, brut IPA is an especially sec version of IPA, achieved by introducing the enzyme amyloglucosidase to the fermentation process.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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Black Swift (Cypseloides niger). Black Tern (Chlidonias niger). Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger). Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor). Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis). Gray Nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka). Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei). Cypseloides sp. Cypseloides sp.).

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Black Skimmers at Cupsogue Beach County Park

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A bird such as Rynchops niger is a testament to the marvels of evolution. It is impossible not to be amazed by skimmers as they effortlessly glide over the water, their bills cutting a furrow that will not be planted but harvested.

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