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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2013)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a surprise American Golden-Plover at Big Egg Marsh in Queens, a very good bird for the east coast in spring, as they tend to migrate north through the center of North America. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of March 2013

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We won’t be leaving town until after the weekend, but plan to celebrate Easter the way we always do: egg hunt, baskets, and a nice hike. I know this not from the gradual appearance of robins, grackles, and blackbirds around me, but rather from the fact that our local schools are about to embark on spring break. How about you?

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Soon to be an Armchair ABA Tick – Nutmeg Mannikin in California

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As of 27 August 2013 the California Bird Records Committee has voted to add the introduced Nutmeg Mannikin to the state checklist. Image retrieved from eBird on 1 September 2013.). Just as interesting is the nugget that Pin-tailed Whydah , an introduced species itself, has adapted to using Nutmeg Mannikins as a host for its eggs.

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Osprey Cam

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The two have built up a devoted following through years of triumph – like last season, when they fledged three young – and tragedy – like the season before, when their eggs didn’t even hatch. Ozzie and Harriet with the 2013 brood.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs. Egg biology, from Part I. Oops, the curmudgeon in me slipped.) Peregrine Falcon nests.

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The Eurasian Collared-Dove Explosion: Coming to a Town Near You!

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And the last one shows the stats from 2013 to the present. They usually lay two eggs per clutch and most often, successive clutches will be laid while adults are still attending fledglings! This next map is data from 2007 through 2008. They feed from grain storage and spillage areas, livestock yards, and bird feeders.

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Birding Villahermosa’s Urban Parks

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I photographed the first of only two Northern Parulas ever reported in my state, way back in 2013. And then there was a Green Heron , not only showing us its nest, but also an egg. I know of only one place to see a wintering American Redstart in Morelia, where I live. But it is a private property, to which I don’t have access.

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