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Resolutions for Birding in Costa Rica, 2019

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Looking for Northern Shrikes and redpolls was a test for winter gear and wind chill factors but the birds weren’t going to be there in the hot days of summer. I actually really hope to see this bird in 2019 in Costa Rica. Well, those are my resolutions for 2019. Will I keep them? Will my daughter lay eyes on a quetzal?

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of September 2019?

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I just got my hands on a sleek new binocular harness I’m already itching to test in the field, but work will keep me locked down all weekend. The post Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of September 2019? Corey will likely find more balance–and birding–in his immediate future, probably around NYC. How about you?

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of February 2019?

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If you doubt the accuracy of this analysis, test it this weekend and report your findings! The post Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of February 2019? Arrive when and where a bird should be, stick around until it makes itself known, and observe its presence. What could be easier? appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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7 Skills You’ll Need in Marketing for 2021

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The average tenure of chief marketing officers (CMOs) continues to decline – to just 41 months in 2019, according to the recruiting firm Spencer Stuart. Modern marketers test their assumptions and optimize their campaigns. Make 2021 the year that you build an infrastructure that allows you to run more tests and run them more often. .

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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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Covid turned out not to be too much of a hindrance – I had to show a negative PCR test upon arrival on Hainan from Shanghai, and while many Chinese hotels currently do not accept foreigners, I could leave this issue to my guide. Fortunately, they are by now fairly used to dealing with a mediocre birder like me.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Although I did test them thoroughly later, I knew from that first sight, this pair was made for me. Dragan]: The very first time I held Swarovski NL Pure 10×32 binoculars, the very first look through them, I just knew: this is it, this is the pair for me.

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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” Houghtton Mifflin Harcourt (April 2, 2019). As Kaufman says: “Four nights and three days in the air. Eighty hours of flying. More than two thousand miles. Hundreds of thousands of beats of its small wings. by Kenn Kaufman.

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