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A Nice Walk in the Woods

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The fact that Mexico recently abandoned daylight saving time has made this problem more serious.) A brief mixed flock experience included this Grace’s Warbler , which is one of our relatively few resident warblers down here. (In And this Monday was not a spectacular birding day. And a few birds did gift me some photos.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of September 2014)

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Corey and I were most pleased to see that shorebirds haven’t entirely abandoned the Esat Pond at Jamaica Bay. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. My BBOTW was a weird Dunlin while Corey was most partial to the Pectoral Sandpiper pictured above. How about you?

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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Over time, as the crow has a second then a third opportunity to extract food from the box, the bird becomes less concerned, as experience has taught it that the mysterious menacing stick isn’t really a threat. The next graph shows the average number of times per trial that the crow decided to abandon an effort to get at the food.

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Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

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Today, Barn Owls can be found across both islands, hunting open fields at twilight or comfortably resting in abandoned relics of the sugar cane industry. Years later, a small group of us ventured into some forest adjoining abandoned cocoa estates in central Trinidad searching for a view of this bird. Perhaps heard?

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Visiting Bird Service: Avian “Pet Therapy” Cheers Seniors

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But Kasia has kept the bird-therapy program going with other rescued birds, including ducks and chickens that are often surrendered or abandoned once Easter’s over. The seniors get a positive experience from interacting with the birds. But that’s a whole ’nother rant.) She also brings the birds to schools and other community groups.

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The Elusive GUIANAN TROGON: A Serendipitous Backyard Encounter

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The thrill of the “chase”, the hope of a fleeting glimpse, and the joy of finally seeing the bird you’ve longed to encounter and photograph are experiences that can make birding a rewarding pass time. The pair was industriously hollowing out a nest in an old abandoned ant nest on the branch of a Mango tree.

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Fear Of The Dark

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And a few years later, I read of her experience birding with me at one of the larger birding web sites and learned that E. I though her to be a silent type, perhaps tired of flying and jet lag, but it never ever occurred to me that my female guest may be worried when passing closed and abandoned communist era factories. I was nervous.

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