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JUNE 6, 2017

The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America by Nathan Pieplow is innovative, fascinating, and challenging. The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America is divided into three main sections: Introduction, Species Accounts, and Index to Bird Sounds (also called the Visual Index).

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North America America Sparrows Birds 166

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JULY 18, 2012

Another cavity nesting species that breeds in Lassen Volcanic National Park is the Brown Creeper ( Certhia americana ). Now the only falcon that regularly nests in natural cavities is the smallest and most common falcon in North America, the American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ). Notice the chick in the upper left corner.

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North America America Barn Owls Fur 212

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AUGUST 1, 2023

2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. The material on Boreal Owl is a wonderfully condensed account about the species’ sexual dimorphism and its relationship to breeding plus the link between the species’ cyclical abundance and the red-backed vole. Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 207

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MAY 24, 2020

North America is home to many amazing bird species, including several which require a special effort to see and appreciate. In the summer, they are the highest altitude breeding songbird in North America. So let’s look at this sampler, shall we? So let’s look at this sampler, shall we?

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America Arizona North America Texas 262

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Bird long enough in North America, and you will eventually meet the Empidonax flycatchers: 14 small flycatchers, most of which are very nearly identical. In this very rainy year, there’s a whole lot of breeding going on.) Several Black-chinned Sparrows sang from different perches, making this site a special one, indeed.

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Livestock Sparrows Birds North America 205

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APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For ornithologists, it is the documentation of a multi-year project designed to record the distribution and abundance of birds in a specific area (in North America, usually a state or a province), utilizing a mapping method involving blocks and grids.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 226

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JUNE 19, 2024

Status In Alaska: Breeding resident. Where to Find in Alaska: One individual has been journeying across North America, first spotted on August 30, 2020, near Denali National Park in Alaska. Range: Golden eagles are the most widely distributed species of eagle, inhabiting Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa.

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Alaska Eagles Bald Eagle Deer 207

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APRIL 29, 2024

The eagles do not breed on Hokkaido, spending only a few winter months there – so if you want to see courtship displays as described in here , you have to go further North a bit later in the year. It is even more specific, stating that brown bears depredate 20 % of offspring on Sakhalin Island (but not on the mainland).

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Eagles Sea Lions Russia Bears 130

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JULY 12, 2024

The Sinaloa Martin is a large swallow, which seems to breed only along a narrow band of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, and Jalisco. It sports the intense purple back and head of its close relative, the Purple Martin , which is found in much of North America (summer) and South America (winter).

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Mexico South America 2020 America 209

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APRIL 5, 2024

I really enjoyed seeing these birds, as though I have watched them in their native North America, where they are abundant, that was a long time ago. A Black-winged Stilt in Spain in February My wader list (or what you would call shorebirds in North America) is up to 25, a satisfactory total, but one that doesn’t include any surprises.

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Spain Eagles North America Cyprus 130

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Here are a couple of my best photos of a male Common Yellowthroat , found across North America, and a male Black-polled Yellowthroat. And who knows, perhaps it might use this crisis to find a few new breeding grounds, to ensure its survival in the near future? The post Rare, but Resilient first appeared on 10,000 Birds.

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Costa Rica Mexico Lions North America 183

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MAY 23, 2023

What are the best field guides for birds in North America? Birders often play a vital role in monitoring bird populations, contributing data to scientific research, and participating in citizen science initiatives that help track bird distributions, migration patterns, and breeding behaviors. Analysis : Good summary.

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United States North America Birds America 147

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Heermann’s Gulls form large breeding colonies on arid islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from March through July. The largest colony exists on Isla Raza, where an estimated 90–95% of the total world population breeds 1. This photo by Basar from Wikipedia Commons shows the adult in breeding plumage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUBX_tlHySc.

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San Francisco North America Seals Sanctuary 158

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MAY 23, 2020

May migration in many parts of eastern North America was and is an amazing natural celebration. Yes, the birding is truly exciting but we just don’t have the annual parade of breeding plumaged, singing warblers, grosbeaks, and orioles. I please guilty to being bedazzle-warbled. In Costa Rica, well…not so much.

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Costa Rica Panama Nashville Baltimore 264

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MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. Then, around 4:00 p.m., I know of only one place to see a wintering American Redstart in Morelia, where I live.

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 192

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JULY 30, 2015

They fly from extreme northern North America to the southern tip of South America and are seldom seen perched during migration. Another cool fact was learning that the Barn Swallows has started to breed in South America since the 80s. What prompted this amazing change is still unknown. Photo: Alfredo Begazo.

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South Dakota South America North America Wyoming 167

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The latter figure very significant when you remember that many breeding passerines depend on the humble caterpillar to feed themselves and their offspring. Native trees, unsurprisingly, had a far higher insect biodiversity and a far higher biomass of insect life. Black capped Chickadee.

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North America Wildlife Mammals Breeding 263

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The Pygmy Nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea ) is a non-migratory bird that lives primarily in Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine forests in western North America. They are one of the few cooperatively breeding passerines in North America and a third of the breeding pairs have 1–3 male helpers, usually progeny or other relatives.

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North America America California Collecting 165

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AUGUST 28, 2019

One of the ironies of birding in North America is that the easiest way to see many species that breed on the shores of the Arctic Ocean is to go to tropical coastlands. Whimbrels, Sanderlings, and Semipalmated Plovers are all species that breed in the extreme north, but there they were in the suffocating heat of Lázaro Cárdenas.

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North America Mexico Breeding America 121

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

The Mew Gull is the smallest of the “white-headed” gulls in North America, where it was formerly known as the Short-billed Gull. Maybe because there are 27 species, some of which take four years to attain adulthood and then some of the larger gulls cross breed! Click on photos for full sized images.

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California Alaska North America Breeding 174

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Each autumn, nearly the entire breeding population of the Swainson’s Hawk migrates from the temperate zone of North America to wintering areas in South America. Like most buteos, the Swainson’s Hawk feeds its young rodents, rabbits and reptiles but not so during non-breeding season. But that is another story.

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APRIL 8, 2015

The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest North American breeding bird 1. The males arrive on breeding grounds before the females and, according to their range map, they probably breed here in Shasta County. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. Click on photos for full sized images.

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North America 2010 Breeding America 214

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. The Brown Pelican occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America and northern South America. Both are the only Pelican in their non-overlapping breeding grounds. Peruvian Pelican in non-breeding plumage. Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage.

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Pelicans North America Peru Chile 157

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MARCH 25, 2015

Blue-winged Teal breed over a large portion of North America but occur irregularly or at low densities in many portions of their range. The highest breeding densities occur in mixed-grass prairie and parklands of north-central U.S. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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Sacramento Wildlife North America Ducks 151

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

There are not, as far as I know, any plans to re-name the Montagu’s Harrier, a bird that’s now a real rarity in the UK that only occasionally breeds here. North America has far more birds named after people than we do in Europe, where’s there is only around 50, and most of those are scarce or restricted in range.

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Falcons Wounded 2003 Killing 220

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APRIL 29, 2020

There were Least Sandpipers on the lake’s south shore, and Western Sandpipers on the north shore. But it was the Long-billed Dowitchers who were really rocking their breeding plumage. How on earth do they breed so quickly up north?) A handsome American Pipit that will soon head north.

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Mexico Breeding Ducks North America 164

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APRIL 3, 2018

Of the 300 hummingbird species across the globe, North America only sees fewer than two dozen of them. For over 70 years, ANWR has been a refuge for migrating and breeding birds – most notably serving as the winter home for the only wild flock of whooping cranes. So let’s plan that trip, shall we? Padre Island National Seashore.

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Texas Alaska North America America 174

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MARCH 12, 2017

Seriously, cardinals are both gorgeous and interesting , but their familiarity across most of North America breeds indifference if not contempt. Brutal cold kept me locked up, which offered a perfect opportunity to appreciate the fifty shades of Northern Cardinals hanging around my house.

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New York City 2017 North America New York 133

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APRIL 11, 2012

There cannot be many ABA area breeding birds harder to get than those that only breed on the remotest tips of the north of North America and then fly off to places that aren’t on the major continental flyways. They do turn up on the coast of North America, but not often.

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Fiji North America Hawaii America 180

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The Bank Swallow ( Riparia riparia ) is North America’s smallest swallow. These birds have lost more than half their global population, and the 33 species combined have lost hundreds of millions of breeding individuals in just the past 40 years. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Bank and Barn Swallows also migrate through in huge numbers, maybe even the majority of the individuals of these common species that breed in North America. Although some of the warblers do call, I have this impression that it’s much less than in the north, that they really keep quiet while they do their migration thing.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Like many warblers the Nashville Warbler breeds in North America and winters in Mexico. I feel rather fortunate having this visitor to my yard as Birds of North America Online states that they are an “uncommon fall migrant in California” usually in August and September.

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Nashville North America Jordan Mississippi 183

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APRIL 21, 2013

elegans ) are the largest rails in the Americas. Their taxonomic status long has been unclear due to their overall similarity and the fact that in eastern North America and Cuba, they hybridize. King Rails occur widely in eastern North America, in eastern and central Mexico, and in Cuba.

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Species Cuba North America Louisiana 216

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OCTOBER 12, 2019

This is where a birder can see flock after flock of Eastern Kingbirds flying south, some occasionally alighting in trees to gobble up small fruits (they apparently go “waxwing” when moving south of their breeding grounds). Swarms of swallows zip past and a crazy train of Chimney Swifts can stretch from horizon to horizon.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama North America 260

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JANUARY 14, 2015

The distribution of color morphs is unequal in the Snow Goose population, with the maximum number of blue-morph geese occurring in mid-continent breeding and wintering areas 1. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYNb-0vYTE8. v=DYNb-0vYTE8.

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Sacramento Geese North America Wildlife 197

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JANUARY 16, 2013

The entire Golden-crowned Sparrow population migrates within North America between winter and summer ranges… arriving in California in September and October, often foraging with White-crowned Sparrows. Resources: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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Sparrows Alabama North America New Jersey 160

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JULY 2, 2015

At some point in evolutionary times one Avocet colonized the high Andes and the other North America. American Avocet in breeding plumage. The Andean Avocet breeds in small groups in loose colonies scattered along the shallow saline lagoons at high elevation. Photo: Dan Dzurisin. Andean Avocet, Photo: Sergey Pisarevskiy.

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