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Birding: Special Lockdown Edition

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After the first 7 days dominated by daily compound-wide Covid tests and being locked down inside the compound, I went outside on the compound grounds on days 8 and 9. There is a saying among birders – not very well known – that if life gives you lemonade, you should take photos of Chinese Blackbird chicks.

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Keeping Cool in Tierra Caliente

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Birding there can often be a test of endurance. Yellow-winged Caciques , showy members of the Blackbird/New World Oriole family, are always conspicuous residents of the region. And many of these species are also strikingly beautiful. Unfortunately, there is a downside to visiting Tierra Caliente. The Hot Country is, well… hot.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus. Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus. Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea. Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica. Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla.

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Week To Week Birding

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Each week a new species tried to test the patch for nesting territory. Apart from some Red-winged Blackbirds, I don’t think any of the other species had a successful go at this territory, was the pesticides? Last week, a Merlin flew in, dove at some blackbird and kept going. The first week it was a Sedge Wren.

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Water, Water, Everywhere

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It was time to test the umbrella method again. Great clouds of Blackbirds and Cowbirds , with a high percentage of Yellow-headed Blackbirds ? But in flight, and high in the reeds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds come to the fore. Must be Lake Cuitzeo in the winter season. Bronzed Cowbirds were also present.).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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A Preview… About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 5:03 am The return of the twilight chorus of Eurasian Blackbirds. Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2010?

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A Great Day’s Birding in Suffolk County, New York

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Back to Riverhead we went, where we failed to find anything other than the Greater White-fronted Goose Derek had found earlier, though we did spend quite a bit of time at the buffalo farm at the corner of Reeves and Roanoke hoping to pick a good blackbird out of the huge flock there.

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