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My Global Big (half-)Day, May 2022

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The main reason was the Ferruginous Duck which duly showed up, but to my surprise, followed by a kettle of two dozen Whiskered Terns… Wait! While Black Terns are regular migrants and even rare breeders (only 2 to 5 pairs nation-wide), White-winged are ill-numbered migrants and very irregular breeders (the last breeding was a decade ago).

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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Heine (1840-1920) was a German ornithologist, agronomist, and plant-breeder and unfortunately not related to the substantially more famous German writer Heinrich Heine, which will not keep me from quoting the latter: “The more I get to know people, the more I like dogs.”

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How to Start Bird Watching So That You Keep Bird Watching

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If you look for ducks in summer or warblers in winter, you’re very likely to be disappointed. Consult the Calendar Timing is everything. Unlike most outdoor activities, birding can be a year-round pursuit, but you’ve got to be attuned to the various seasons.

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After The Birds Of Summer Have Gone

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They are the first of our migrant breeders to go, and they are gone by the beginning of August. Winter has ducks and gulls and finches. The theatre of the evening sky that soothes the mind and brings to rest the hot summer days is over. The Common Swifts have left Germany behind as their journey South has begun. That is early.

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Some Ingenuity Can Go a Long Way

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This is similar to the fact that all birds, even first time breeders within a species build identical nests. Interestingly some of these ponds are favored by these herons for foraging and have ducks that are fed by people. They only need to master the technique by practicing; they are born knowing what to do.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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• Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet Sea Snakes of Northern Australia.Or In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry.

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"Zoo from Hell" Owner Convicted in New York

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A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats. And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans.

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