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JUNE 14, 2017

They stay here in Mexico despite the heat, and raise their families. This male hoped right up on the side of my hide. This Song Sparrow was in the Seattle area last winter, and got so nicely framed with the local foliage. It hurts for food right in the crashing surf, where no other birds really go.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. Asia: Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more!

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. It is common and widely recognized and for those very reasons, to most of us it just feels right.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Change in Government Attitude.

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MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Wicked, right? By Corey • March 18, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. Hat-tip to Stella.

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AUGUST 31, 2014

Sedge Warbler (left) and Grasshopper Warbler (right – duh!). Now, it is perfectly okay that your hands are starting to feel sweaty, and we therefore should first go for an easy elimination to keep calm: Is the bird only the size of a House Sparrow or does it approach a Turdus -Thrush.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Wicked, right? Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. capital, has released a report on the deadliest buildings in Washington D.C. for migratory birds. Hat-tip to Stella.

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MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Wicked, right? Here’s hoping the Liben Lark defies the odds and long graces the grassy plains of Ethiopia! Hat-tip to Stella.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (left) and Andean Cock-of-the-rock (right) by Adam Riley Redgannet’s choice turned out rather, well, pedestrian: I was bloated with smugness after stalking and managing to get a photograph of what I imagined to be a rare and elusive rallid during a trip to Costanera Sur on an Argentine autumn morning.

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MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. Wicked, right? It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark. Hat-tip to Stella.

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MARCH 16, 2011

I’m extremely grateful to Paul for taking the initiative in raising awareness of this NWR campaign. Wicked, right? You may even have some profound insights that need to be shared in this public forum. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

We follow the tire tracks in an off-white, salty soil and then, without a word of warning, our guide/driver turns into the bushes, driving left and right… until one and then another Short-eared Owl flushes in front of us. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea. The area is overgrown with low, thorny bushes.

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MARCH 3, 2020

In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. More on Species Accounts.

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MAY 17, 2011

A dirt road lead off to the right, past a sign for a gun club. I spent a lovely three hours in Beltrami and saw loads of great things ( Gray Jay , Veery , Black-throated Green Warbler , White-throated and Lincoln’s Sparrows , Sandhill Crane , Short-eared Owl ), but none of my quest birds. A toast to a great life bird.

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JULY 7, 2020

Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right. His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected. As I said before, the page design is impeccable.

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MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the California Condor situation right now, but what? It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Even more than warbler, shorebird, and sparrow identification, this is a field that tests our endurance (gull watching is too often done in bitter cold, windy conditions), patience (even getting one good photo can take hours as you try to separate the ‘interesting gull’ from the flock), observational skills (so many plumages!)

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JUNE 6, 2017

But, I didn’t expect that Henslow’s Sparrow would have a page-full repertory of sounds: Song (3 different types), Whine series, Seet series, Seet and Tseew night calls, Tink calls and Tsit calls. It includes sounds made by American Goldfinch, Bachman’s Sparrow, Hooded Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, and Red-winged Blackbird.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

eBird states that “small white patch on throat is not obvious and difficult to see” And they use a photo that I submitted as main illustration, so they must be right. And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. It just looks stupid. Thank god that this does not apply to humans.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

You can argue that large waders of Florida are flashier or that the secretive Bachman’s Sparrow elicit more respect, and sure, Pine Warblers nest as far north as southern Canada so how can they really be southeastern, but if you raise these points I think you fail to realize how truly prolific Pine Warblers are in the south.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The list of most-threatened birds continues; all of these birds could lose more than 99 percent of their current range in at least one season by 2080: Baird’s Sparrow. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. Black Rosy-Finch. What a horror!

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MARCH 15, 2011

to have and raise children. Laurent Fournier Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:49 am Would the white throated sparrow qualify for this? Laurent, I cannot find anything on White-throated Sparrows being polygynandrous. Wicked, right? That would be mighty interesting. Jochen, if you helped make them, you gotta take care of them!

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MARCH 14, 2011

Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. Here’s a tidbit from the NRA’s Hunters’ Rights website: “Sandhill cranes are hunted much like geese, with decoys set in fields and hunters stationed in blinds.

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MARCH 9, 2011

We have avian beauty right in our European back yards as well, and need not seek cover when encountering birders from far-away shores. Palm Warblers in Central Park Answers to A Diabolical Quick Quiz Cow Birds About the Author Jochen Jochen Roeder was born in Germany and raised to be a birder. Jakob: whoa, you are perfectly right!

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APRIL 2, 2016

Unlike other bird races where participants keep tight-lipped about bird species as mundane as a House Sparrow , this event gives a prize to the team that helps the most. Raising $67,000 plus for conservation! : It also happens to be the friendliest bird race because everyone is encouraged to share sightings and help each other out.

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APRIL 28, 2012

. …………………………………………… Raymond the White-throated Sparrow called across from the top of the rock where he was taking advantage of the free handouts from the central park community feeders. Raymond’s problem; Hey you! Yeah you with the problems!

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Between staying warm/cool, finding food, avoiding predators, migrating thousands of miles every year, finding mates, raising chicks and doing all this at the mercy of the elements, it makes sense that they have more brainpower than just simple instinct to run on. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

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MAY 8, 2017

In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. Yes, that’s Panama City to the right. Seriously, Panama raises the art of under-communication to new, deplorable heights. House Sparrow. The view from our window at Radisson Summit.

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APRIL 22, 2012

She’d then climb down my leg, waddle across the room, climb up Bill’s jeans, and bite him, once right in the middle of his back. I’ve seen mourning behavior in a longterm captive Savannah Sparrow whose temporary cagemate, a dark-eyed junco, recovered from its wing injury and was released. I know one thing.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

All the birds face right (with some exceptions, like the elegantly posed, back-to-back adult breeding Common and Thick-billed Murres) and the flying images can always be followed in a pattern, even when they interspersed with the smaller vignettes. 1995), Skuas and Jaegers (Yale Univ. 8) and seabird homes like South Georgia.

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MAY 24, 2014

The flowering trees are likely to be visited by Plain Parakeets , Swallow-tailed Hummingbirds and Bananaquits while the lawns are always likely to bring a Rufous-bellied Thrush or a Rufous-collared Sparrow. At the furthest reach of the garden, a boardwalk has been built to raise visitors above the forest floor.

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JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. What could be plainer than the Eurasian Tree Sparrow ? Interestingly, Black-winged Stilts display laterality – that is, they preferentially use one eye (the right one) to find prey. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird.

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