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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2021)

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Vaccinated, with no symptoms and negative tests to boot, Corey got to Prospect Park in Brooklyn and was very relieved that the previously reported Progne martin was still present, on its fourth day. Whatever species it turns out to be it is Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of January 2020)

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Factors like temperature, weather, and availability of food sources drive avian distribution, but the single most influential factor regarding how many species you might see this month is YOU. My business trip to Florida to host the Tests and the Rest Winter Conference 2020 was more than just a professional success. How about you?

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Know Your Audience: A Ring-necked Duck in Germany

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I recently participated in an “English Report Writing” training, sponsored of course by my employer, and this post will function as a test to see how well I was focussed on the lecture (instead of the sky outside the seminar room which may hold a black stork any day during spring migration). So, who then is my audience?

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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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Covid turned out not to be too much of a hindrance – I had to show a negative PCR test upon arrival on Hainan from Shanghai, and while many Chinese hotels currently do not accept foreigners, I could leave this issue to my guide. Don’t ever say you do not learn anything reading this blog). Smith was basically a massive jerk.

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Vote Now for Awesome Ornithology Projects!

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Peripatetic ornithologist Nick Sly has long been a friend of the blog here and has contributed such classics as Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult and Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral. This kind of detailed genetic and developmental work has traditionally relied on model species in the lab (aka chickens).

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How To Choose A Digiscoping Camera

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After you have your scope and your camera adapter, take that equipment to a camera store and test away. I had read Mike McDowell’s blog and got an idea of the camera I wanted and could afford, but kept an open mind while we tested different cameras with the scope.

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Lisbon’s Lezirias in Winter

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The Skylarks and Northern Wheatears in the barren fields attract all four European species of harrier (but no Montagu’s for Christmas, sorry). They have many different varieties, and I selflessly tasted/tested a dozen different varieties. Merlin and Short-Eared Owl are almost a “dead cert” in winter.

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