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Other forest birds here include Sooty and Ruffed Grouse, Spotted and Barred Owls, Vaux’s Swift, Gray Jay, Pacific Wren, American Dipper, and Varied Thrush. Marbled Murrelets can readily be found doing a seawatch or (less readily, but more surreal) by spending dawn in some old growth redwood forest. Convict Lake, CA. The Sierras.

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California San Diego Birds Oakland 193

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JANUARY 20, 2012

My friends, absolute novices at birds, had to identify that a bird was an owl or a finch: I had to correctly name a Boreal Owl or a Red Crossbill. card, a sort of little hand grenade decorated with an adorable puffin. Also, I’m not a real expert.) The second is the Surprise!

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MAY 26, 2011

The huffin’ and puffin’ is always worth it in the end, however. Areas of mixed-coniferous and mixed-deciduous forests can yield the secretive Northern Pygmy-Owl. These tiny, long-tailed Owls are often tame when found, but call for brief periods usually only around the break of day (crepuscular).

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JULY 3, 2021

The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069. The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Niger 236

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MARCH 4, 2013

No Atlantic Puffins , no Dovekies , no Thick-billed Murres ! On the way back we convinced the captain to take the boat in close to the West End of Jones Beach in the hopes of seeing the Snowy Owl that has been occasionally sighted in the dunes there. Common Murre Uria aalge. This was largely thanks to gannets.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

There is no place that compares to Maine with its rocky shorelines, freezing waters populated by wintering alcids, offshore islands filled with nesting Atlantic Puffins, mixed and boreal forests (the most forested state in the U.S., we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 186

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Birds like Chestnut-backed Chickadee , Pacific Wren and Pigeon Guillemot should be easy to track down for the first time Adding other alcids like Tufted Puffin or Marbled Murrelet to my life list will be much more difficult, but I have a trick or two up my sleeve to (hopefully) get them in my binoculars.

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Seattle Rhinoceros Puffins United States 160

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Eight Owls Make a heart.’ She does like this book, though I’m not sure if it’s the shapes, colors, or the rhythm of the text, which nicely matches Harper’s whimsical images. ‘Six Pelicans Rest at night. Seven Finches Stand apart.

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 142

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

And, not every photograph is perfect; in some cases, Read presents several versions of a specific bird to show how what happens when you use, say, a shallow depth of field, like in the two puffin photos below. There is a lot of information in Mastering Bird Photography , and a lot of different types of information.

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Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 186

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with additional sections added if there is just too much interesting information for a two-page spread (“Large Sandpipers,” “Small Sandpipers,” “More Owls,” and so on). Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,

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2020 Birds Groups North America 262

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Cano Negro/Rio Frio flooded fields. 25 Oct 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Parque do Ibirapuera.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. European Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Bicolored Hawk – Accipiter bicolor.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Photos: Tufted Puffin , Buff-breasted Sandpiper , Northern Hawk Owl , and Spectacled Eider , ( Alaska Region USFWS ). Of course, countless other birds utilize lands set aside under ANILCA, either as residents or migrants. While the acronym “ANILCA” may be largely unknown to birders, its impact on birds has surely been significant.

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Alaska United States Puffins Wildlife 203

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

you may have noticed that adorkable little Burrowing Owl who’s been peeking out of the right sidebar for the last few days. Owls are kind of superheroes, and as it happens, this little character’s superpower is solving gift-buying woes. Now if you’re a regular 10,000 Birds reader (and the cool kids are, amiright?),

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Bald Eagle Puffins 2012 Baltimore 134

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. above Socorro.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100