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It breeds on the shores of the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic, then gathers around the southern arm of Hudson Bay, to fly non-stop all the way to the southern tip of South America. In May of 2018, I included some rather sad photos of what I had identified as a group of 6 Long-billed Dowitchers in my eBird report for Lake Cuitzeo.

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“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

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Following the IOC taxonomy (Gill and Donsker 2018), Birds of Cyprus deals with 405 species. Now, let me test the armour of “Birds of Cyprus” (BOC) against the mace of the “Collins Bird Guide” (CBG). He is on the editorial board of Sandgrouse and is the Cyprus representative for the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME).

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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The Kerkini Lake National Park is my favourite birding area in the whole of the Balkans and while I’ve been here in April and again (migration), September (migration), October (coffee break), December and January (wintering), this was my first time in the breeding season, in May. But nowadays, they, too, breed here, about 20 pairs this year.

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

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Even more than warbler, shorebird, and sparrow identification, this is a field that tests our endurance (gull watching is too often done in bitter cold, windy conditions), patience (even getting one good photo can take hours as you try to separate the ‘interesting gull’ from the flock), observational skills (so many plumages!) Press, 2018.

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

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Our North American bird field guides stopped offering this information decades ago, so it’s handy to have it all collected in one handy volume, especially if you’re doing a state breeding bird survey like some 10,000 Birds writers. Donna). ==. Tristan). ==. Donna). ==. But craziness is not a requisite.

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