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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea 2nd edition – A Field Guide Review

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The main conservation issues are habitat loss, hunting and wildlife trade. The bird index lumps both English and scientific names into the same body of text, but while English names follow logical Sparrow, Eurasian Tree , the scientific names follow a surprising montanus, Passer sequence. The first author, James A.

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

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He’s a smart guy, a wildlife biologist and what he knows about native swans is incredible, but what he knew or didn’t know about bird feeding was surprising. Most of it comes from Singapore, Ethiopia and Burma. Some days you get bunches and bunches, other times you might feel totally rejected by them.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). 26 Oct 2019.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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White-throated Sparrow – Zonotrichia albicollis. Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Fort Tilden.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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The Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge will soon be winging their way north, so he spent some quality time with them, his best birds of the weekend. Check out the photo and movie in my blog: [link] Richard Mar 14th, 2011 at 3:51 am After a busy week in Jakarta and Singapore, I stayed on for Saturday to do some intensive birding.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Spanish Sparrow – Passer hispaniolensis. Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow – Melozone kieneri. stakeout Five-striped Sparrow, Box Canyon (2017-9). Five-striped Sparrow – Amphispiza quinquestriata. Singapore Botanic Gardens.

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