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First Phoebe of 2017

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I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2017 this morning, 12 March, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week early. 2017 – 12 March. It’s also the earliest I’ve had over the last ten years. And was it late or early? 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March.

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Birds of Kruger National Park and Wildlife of Ecuador: Two WILDGuides Reviewed

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Both men lead trips for tour company Tropical Birding (Barnes is a founder), and they have also co-authored Wildlife of Madagascar (another WildGuide volume, 2016), Birding Ethiopia (with Christian Boix, 2010) and Wild Rwanda (with Christian Boix, 2015). Princeton University Press, 2017. Princeton University Press, 2017.

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50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya review

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Among the many options, there are shorter highlight guides, as well as various wildlife-watching safari guides. Wheatley calls Kenya “possibly the best overall wildlife experience in Africa and the world”), so, the only competition is practically 3 to 4 decades old and the time was ripe for Ngarachu’s guide.

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Saving Birds From Invasive … Plants?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). In the case of Midway, a National Wildlife Refuge , the offending species is Golden Crownbeard ( Verbesina enceliolides ) , an innocuous-looking flower that’s native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. But plants?

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Diabolical Fall of 2017 Wood-Warbler Quiz

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If you don’t guess after reading this you will be forced to drink an entire bottle of water from the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a fate worse than death. See you in the comments if you dare! But if you do guess you will be guaranteed a fantastic fall of birding during which you see a host of life birds.

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The Juniper Titmouse Nesting Project

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In 2017, my neighborhood, Aldea de Santa Fe, began a Juniper Titmouse Nesting Box Project in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s NestWatch Program. A total of 79 fledged, which beat our 2017 count of 52. A busy bird, it’s skilled at acrobatics as it reaches for piñon nuts or hops around the trees outside my window.

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The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico

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And, ominously, there have only been three records on eBird of Black-bellied Plovers , once a regular visitor to Cuitzeo, for the entire central Mexican highlands since 2017. Willets and Marbled Godwits , while rare, can turn up in any winter month. There is, however, a downside to this phenomenon.

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