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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

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Oriental Scops Owls are quite possibly my favorite bird at Nanhui. in psychology from the University of Buffalo. Bird-shaped cuteness. Of course, this would probably get me a telling off from Mark J. Estren, a Ph.D.

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Happy New Year?

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There are also certain psychological advantages. Most of the birders in the audience for this blog, and certainly those who record their year lists here , use the Gregorian calendar. It is common and widely recognized and for those very reasons, to most of us it just feels right.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Owls are not covered and I had to think about that. To me, the term “raptor” includes owls. Perhaps there is a Crossley ID Guide to owls in the future? It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk.