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Grateful for My Yard Birds

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His discomfort made him fussy, which made getting work done nearly impossible until my husband came home from his job at a nearby wildlife management area. And yet, I miss my family and friends, and grieve for those around the world who are not as lucky as I have been. I was on my own for the evening. Eastern Kingbird.

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Yellowstone National Park Bird Celebration

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Canada Goose family. Yellow-headed Blackbird. For a disturbing summation of the damage done to our national parks, monuments, and wildlife refuges in one short year, consider this infographic of political maneuvering by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…. As the first U.S. Photo by © Robin Edwards. Photo by © Robin Edwards.

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Duck Migration

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Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

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One of the highlights of the trip for me, and for some of the other media folks being hosted by the Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority, was a kayak tour of Tule Lake in the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. Yellow-headed Blackbirds singing in the reeds allowed us to get an arm’s length away. Would I return to Spring Wings?

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Shedding Tears For Shorebirds

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Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Barf at blackbirds. Photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, ND. If you can identify this bird for what it is, you will earn the respect of your elders and bring much honor to your family. Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND.

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Of Whiskey Jacks and Water Ouzels

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Outside of the Cinclus , Ouzel is also a common name sometimes applied to a variety of Turdus thrushes including the Common Blackbird of Europe, so the literal meaning of the name is “Water Thrush&#. photos courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. But it sounds so much more sophisticated to say Ouzel.

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