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Nest Cam Welcomes Arctic Tern Babies to the World

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If Arctic Tern chicks aren’t your thing (and if they’re not, by golly, you’re missing out on an awful lot of cuteness), explore.org also boasts webcams for Atlantic Puffins , Osprey , Common Terns , Great Horned Owls , Long-eared Owls , and Magellanic Penguins.

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9 (almost) Birds that live underwater

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This Yellow-crowned Amazon was not quite as vociferous as his Central American cousins And like many of these birds, I too love to spend time beneath the water – there are few things better than free diving or scuba diving with dolphins, whale sharks or coral reef fish. But what owl could possibly be this gaudy.

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Birding – While Camping – North Lake State Park, Greene County, New York

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We spent our evenings cooking, playing cards, enjoying adult beverages, and listening to Barred Owls duets. On Friday night in particular there was a pair of Barred Owls that went through a full repertoire of Barred Owl sounds. You’ll remember Javi from whale-watching.

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Sixth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit An Amazing Success!

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In the early going our best birds were a flyover Dickcissel identified by its characteristic call note and a Great Horned Owl hooting off in the distance, both birds making only their second appearance in the count’s history. We also saw lots of dolphins in the ocean and Humpback Whale blow.

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Birding Southern Baja: Todos Santos

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It’s almost a bucolic place; sea turtles nest on the beaches, Humpback Whales and bat rays frolic just offshore, and you can buy the freshest fish from the panga fisherman at Punta Lobos every afternoon. Other desert denizens (that we missed) include Harris’s Hawk , Elf Owl , and Pyrrhuloxia.

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Birding Santa Cruz Island

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The landbird community on Santa Cruz is a strange mix; Northern Saw-whet Owls , Grasshopper Sparrows , Merlins , Black-headed Grosbeaks , Hooded Orioles , Common Poorwills , Horned Larks are a few of the species found here. In summer and fall, the waters around the Channel Islands can teem with Blue Whales.

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A Twitch at Two, and the Flood

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But I’m not talking about owling, or listening for rails, or even pointing a microphone skyward to collect flight calls of migrants. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove. I know you can bird in dark in New York and Newcastle, Weyburn and Walla Walla.