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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of December 2018)

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Some may feel that 2018 is inching towards its close. Car troubles keep shutting my birding plans down, but at least I got out with the family to cut down our Christmas tree. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of December 2018) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Others might fine the pace far more frenetic.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of November 2018)

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Most Americans celebrated a long weekend filled with a lot (maybe too much) food, family, and shopping. My family actually pays attention to eagles too, which makes them more interesting to see. My family actually pays attention to eagles too, which makes them more interesting to see.

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Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of November 2018?

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I’m traveling down to NYC for some family fun, just as Corey is vacating the city for parts north. The post Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of November 2018? Plus, birding is never all that popular in these parts. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Starting 2018 with Hummingbirds in Costa Rica

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Imagine forty plus resident species of this esteemed family zipping around a place the size of a small state, many of which enjoy feeder juice, and you probably get the picture. Speaking of those mini gems, a coveted trio of them were some of my very first bird species for 2018. Costa Rica is a fantastic place to watch hummingbirds.

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The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration–A Book Review

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There are five families: Stilts & Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae), Oystercatchers (Family Haem), Plovers (Family Charadriidae), Sandpipers and Allies (Family Scolopacidae), and Jacanas (Jacanidae), with Family Scolopacidae representing the bulk of species (as it does worldwide).

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Magpie Geese breed near Broome once again

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The Magpie Geese bred again in the Broome area during 2018. This year we have had high numbers of Magpie Geese once again in the Broome area and this last weekend we observed our first family groups for the season. Each family group consisted of an adult male with a significant knob on its head and two females.

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Please Don’t Ask for an Aztec

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In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). Only the 2017 and 2019 sighting were in the same general area; although the first sighting there was of a family unit, and the second was of a single bird.

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