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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

10,000 Birds

I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. The next day we had an outdoor workshop and a chance to test the toys. impressive for Central Europe. impressive for Central Europe.

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

10,000 Birds

The Kerkini Lake National Park is my favourite birding area in the whole of the Balkans and while I’ve been here in April and again (migration), September (migration), October (coffee break), December and January (wintering), this was my first time in the breeding season, in May. But nowadays, they, too, breed here, about 20 pairs this year.

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

10,000 Birds

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. 6) Garganey.

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How The Bird Got Its Beak

10,000 Birds

Most likely, the researchers have indicated, the hatched birds would be viable and not too different from regular chickens, possibly less different than some of the odd breeds generated by more traditional methods. In order to test the mechanism, we used inhibitors of both pathways to replicate in chicken the ancestral amniote expression.

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5 Vital Questions When Adopting A Rescue Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

The decision to add a canine companion to your family is certainly a big one. Many factors need to be considered including breed, size and energy level. With the growing awareness of pet overpopulation more and more families are choosing to adopt a shelter dog and save a life. 2) Does he get along well with other dogs/cats?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

10,000 Birds

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. I had a beautifull view on 5 horned grebe here (one in breeding plumage), in Ann Arbor Michigan, for the 3 seconds it lasted, until I heard a huge “CRRACK&# , and I fell through the ice. And my first Killdeer of year!

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

10,000 Birds

There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. .; Houghton Mifflin, U.S.),

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