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NOVEMBER 30, 2014

There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting into two species (yay! — maybe, more later) and to name the new species “Eastern Painted Bunting” and “Western Painted Bunting” (no!). Photo by Andy Morffew.

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Mississippi Mexico Alabama North Carolina 268

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MARCH 7, 2011

By Mike • March 7, 2011 • 5 comments Tweet Share I bet you do! Deadline for Great Giveaways About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Duncan Mar 7th, 2011 at 5:15 pm I can imagine being there. That could be you!

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Peru 2011 Deer 2010 193

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MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

Ducks 215

Ducks 2011 Deer Costa Rica 215

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MARCH 13, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Finally Saw-Whet Finally Saw-Whet By Mike • March 13, 2011 • 11 comments Tweet Share Taking down a nemesis bird always takes a place of honor on any birder’s litany of triumphs. You got lucky this time.

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2011 Deer Owls New York 160

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MARCH 16, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Conservation / Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas By Mike • March 16, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share The U.S. More important, they WANT your feedback!

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2011 Deer Wildlife Birds 140

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Founded by Roberto Chavarro and his family in the early eighties, this little reserve has been dropped slap-bang into the birding spotlight by the recent claims of the rediscovery of the Bogota Sunangel Heliangelus zusii , a species that is known from one record – a skin from 1909! How much variation was there in this species?

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Colombia Family 2011 Species 233

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. We can count vagrant species that made it to the area we are in under their own power. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. There are lots of birds we can’t count.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 196

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MARCH 18, 2011

The field site I am assigned to is located in one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world and home to a particularly rich avifauna that numbers well over 500 species. Hundreds of riotously colored birds representing 14 species of macaws and parrots flock and frolic together in less than fifty meters of forest canopy.

Peru 254

Peru Parrots 2011 Deer 254

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MARCH 20, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Autumn colours Autumn colours By Clare M • March 20, 2011 • 5 comments Tweet Share As you all get ready for the onset of spring in the northern hemisphere we are heading into autumn. Very well done! I am a man.

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Betty’s Bay was also a great place to see all of South Africa’s cormorant species, including the endangered Bank Cormorant. We observed far fewer Lesser Flamingos, a near-threatened species. It was the first of six bustard species I would see over the course of both trips. And then there were the Flamingos.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

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MARCH 21, 2011

No need to page through dozens of plates of similar looking species anymore. 5 Responses to “The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital&# Kelly Rishor Mar 21st, 2011 at 2:34 pm Hi Mike, While watching a bird watching program this weekend on TV, the host was using an Audubon Mobile app. Off to the Amazon?

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Burkina Faso 2011 Deer Birds 156

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JULY 5, 2022

Of the 169 books and articles listed, 120, 70%, were published between 2011 and 2022.) There’s a lot more, of course, and it all makes you wonder if we should have bird feeders or urban green spaces or fountains or windows.

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New York City Illinois Science Killing 252

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JANUARY 3, 2017

A Garganey showed up in Ohio in 2011 and I had a chance to chase it and I didn’t. I tested the waters before my California pelagic, with a brief Atlantic Ocean voyage, a whale watching trip from Montauk, N.Y. I did bring home an unintentional souvenir, a leech in my sock. 6) Garganey. The decision haunted me. 7) Piping Plover.

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2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 109

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MARCH 3, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birding / Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011).Or Really nice!

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2011 Los Angeles Deer Owls 145

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APRIL 21, 2011

So defined, bird songs are the sounds, often but not always loud and musical, that (mostly) male birds make as part of that species’ mating system. It is, rather, determined by its correct learning of the song as it is sung locally by members of its species, plus other non-genetic factors we will not investigate today.

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Zebras Humane Birds Raised 253

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MARCH 1, 2011

These sorts of tests have been done in many species and it has always been assumed (hoped), that what they found in the little white cages at the back of the zoology department had some wonderful relevance to what happened in the real world. Corey Mar 1st, 2011 at 10:41 pm @David Craig: Fixed! Two instances that I saw.

Cats 147

Cats Costa Rica 2011 Deer 147

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

There’s some excitement in putting up feeders and in discovering which species are gracing us with big invasions this year (2011, Montana: Snowy Owls ) but much of the time its a slog. Cultures that experience it generally put a holiday of some sort at the end to motivate people to even bother living through it.

Bald Eagle 156

Bald Eagle Montana Owls Geese 156