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Springtime in Bonn

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I spent some time sitting on the lawn and watching an Eurasian Green Woodpecker forage around me. Eurasian Green Woodpecker In other areas, the lawn was densely covered in daisies and I experimented a bit with photographing from low angles to make the daisies look even more dense.

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First Ever World Series of Birding Triathlon Part 3, Or, With a Whimper

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… The delicious mojito that I gulped down with lunch had sufficiently numbed my poor, sore butt enough that getting back on the bike caused no pain. Hoping for Red-headed Woodpecker we found instead a Red-tailed Hawk. Joining this story a bit late? Click here for part one. Click here for part two.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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It’s a bit of a sore thumb, a well-known essay by a famous writer-who-is-also-a-birder in a collection of essays by new and experienced-but-as-well-known-as-they-should-be writers, and I wish Rogers had given some background on its placement here.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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I had a Pileated Woodpecker who used to jab at my hand whenever I needed to rewrap her bandages,” says Maureen Eiger, providing a perfect example of a single rehabber struggling to hold and wrap at the same time. “It It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”. But life is not perfect. “I “I threw him off and ran for a broom.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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.&# He and his mate were one of the few successful pairs in the whole eastern flock! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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