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Endangered and Unknown: Black-hooded Antwren

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However, there are those species which have a hard time bringing attention to themselves such as Yellow-shouldered Blackbird , Giant Nuthatch , and Vinaceous-breasted Parrot. Regardless of their popularity, these species and the threatened ecosystems they inhabit are equally spectacular.

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Cyprus Delights – Part III

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There are 154 species of cuckoos in the world, and they’re all a fascinating bunch. It’s not a species you are likely to overlook, either, as it is extremely noisy, its cackling call carrying great distances. Blackbirds and Wrens are common, and you will find Grey Wagtails on the streams.

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

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Blackbirds&# do not have the same ability. If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. This will be the feeder that the blackbirds will avoid and the other birds can eat in peace. They are well suited for feeding in a variety of positions.

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According to their Kind

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And apparently, non-birders are more apt to divide birds into general kinds than species lists. Most of them were pretty good in the Owl-Duck-Pigeon range, but they got bogged down when trying to make the leap from a study skin to a particular page of the field guide for, say, a blackbird or a sparrow. And that frustration was epic.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2022

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Tragically, I never saw any birds near the nest later on – I guess they abandoned it, decided to quit procreating, or just got eaten by some other bird or cat. The juvenile Chinese Blackbirds get older but still look kind of stupid. Anyway, back to the somewhat less interesting birdlife within my prison-compound.

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Half Hardy

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I chanced to glance at a bird perched atop the Oak tree in my back yard, figuring it was one of the Blackbirds or Grackles that had recently returned to my neighborhood. A trip to the coastal plain may net you up to seven species of warblers, from the omnipresent Yellow-rumps to Chats and Cape Mays. Instead I saw a flash of orange.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. These birds have too much taste.