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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. There are many more factors than I imagined: compass errors, wind drift, overshooting, extreme weather and irruptions, natural dispersal, and human-driven vagrancy.

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Nine-legged Plover?

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By Corey • March 11, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share No, of course not, but what a picture ! 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. Nine-legged Plover? Hat-tip to Mike McDowell.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Taking morphological measurements from a foliage-gleaner The Asociacion Fauna Forever and Center for Ornithology and Biodiversity (CORBIDI), two Peruvian not-for-profit conservation organisations, are proud to announce the next set of Bird Ringing Forever courses to be held in June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata, Amazonian Peru.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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The owl was lying there injured, of course it’s not going to fly, especially judging by how hard you kicked it. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Video and desultory apology here. So you kicked it like 3 yards? Thanks for visiting!

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Giveaway of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The.

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I will, of course, gather those responses and use them in a blog post, so make sure you indicate in your email if you want your full name used (and if you have a blog include the URL so I can link it). OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

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Of course, a Portuguese language version will soon be published as well, so if you really want the help of the average Brazilian in finding birds it couldn’t hurt to bring a copy or two of that version to leave in the hands of those who help you find birds.

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Spring is for Wheatears

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And then of course who could forget the Cypriot endemic, the Cyprus Wheatear. He caught the itch, so to speak, when he arrived at Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca, New York, and he refined his birding skills with the Lab of Ornithologys Spring Field Ornithology course. Thanks for visiting!

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