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Birding Beyond 60

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In between now and then, I will spend a week and a half in California, in the land where birding may mean walking on paved paths, or even on a wooden boardwalk built through the middle of a salt marsh. In all the usual measurements, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar, I still test very well.

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“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

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For the last two decades, Europe and the greater Mediterranean have been covered by one of the best field guides anywhere: “Collins Bird Guide” by Lars Svensson et al., published in the US by Princeton as “Birds of Europe”. Unlike “Collins Bird Guide” (CBG) with 416 pages and 1.7 And my first impression is: Wow!

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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

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This is Liz’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. The rise in drone popularity over the past few years has been meteoric — and in our typical human arrogance, we’ve once again ignored the fact that for the past 150 million years, the sky has belonged to the birds.

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. There are no tests to diagnose it, either. Birds D-Con owls poison birds reckitt benckiser' Read that again: it has no antidote.

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

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Daniel Cadena — “The Origin and Future of a Tropical Diversity Hotspot” Beyond that, I primarily limited myself to the subject matter of hurricane impacts on birds and anything about Puerto Rico. He modeled likely future suitable habitats in a climate change scenario for a number of bird species of conservation concern.

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The Tar Side of Green Products

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It is a non-drying, sticky compound that is used to protect trees by forming a barrier against climbing insects. She gave him subcutaneous fluids, warmed him up, and when he was feeling a bit better, figured she could clean him with Dawn dishwashing liquid, the rehabber’s tried and true method of getting oily stuff off birds.

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Bird Photography Equipment – Lens and Filters

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Photography is a great tool to improve bird ID accuracy as explored in my previous post Photography and Birding. This is a great addition for a quick macro photo of insects, flowers, or even bird feathers if the opportunity comes. Speaking of filters I ran a quick test of a UV that I added to my lens. macro of $1474.

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