April, 2022

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Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

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While preparing an article this week for a local newspaper on the nighttime denizens of Tobago, it crossed my mind that I never considered owls as a group, far less target species for any particular outing (except for a select few, upon which I shall expound here). Owls have always held a special place in my heart – and I’m certain that many of you can say the same.

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How to Align Your Email Messaging With Sales Conversations

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A Guide to Easy Birding in Costa Rica at Cinchona

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Birding can be a real challenge. For some, it can involve hiking into a furnace of a canyon to look for a small yellowish bird much easier to see in other countries. Birding can be spending the night on a boat in the Atlantic so you can wake up to White-faced Storm-Petrels and other pelagic treats. It can involve everything from braving freezing cold temperatures to picking off leeches in India, gazing into the dark corners of humid rainforest, and requisite self experimentation with low oxygen

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A Morning of High Quality Birding on Irazu Volcano, Costa Rica

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All birding is essentially good. Time spent watching any birds is time spent connecting with our natural surroundings, a time that can act as a relaxed escape as well as one of meditative focus. It’s all good and yet at the same time, there are still birding moments made special by seeing life birds, seeing and hearing birds do things we had never imagined, or losing oneself in the fantastic noise made by a flock of parakeets, geese, or migrating thrushes.

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A few more birds and streetlights

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After last Sunday’s post featuring a few of the birds that use the streetlights around Broome I thought I really should show you a few more! We had a surprise early morning storm on Good Friday, so that brought some clouds for a change and a welcome 10mm of rain. We had thought we had possibly seen the last of the rain for about six or seven months, so any extra is a bonus.

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Striking Gold in Costa Rica

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The birding in Costa Rica is always golden but some days, you really do strike gold. Go birding in the humid, moss decorated forests of the Caribbean slope and the feathered nugget might take the form of a Bare-necked Umbrellabird. Focus on birds in the southern Pacific region and treasure might be a Turquoise Cotinga. In the highlands, gold can come much easier with views of Resplendent Quetzal , one mega bird that truly lives up to its name.

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What’s Up with the ABA Now?

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The American Birding Association has not had a leader since November 2021. The Board of Directors has been searching for a candidate since that time, but it does not appear to have found one. This is not surprising, as the next Executive Director will take the helm of an organization that is in debt, experiencing a long-term revenue decline, and regularly runs operating deficits.

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Sharp-tailed Sandpipers

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One of the easiest shorebirds to observe along the edge of the highway across Roebuck Plains at the moment is the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper – Calidris acuminata. It won’t be long before they have all set off on their northward migration to breed, but for now they are feeding up. Sharp-tailed Sandpipers are the “red heads” of the shorebirds and they are also quite well camouflaged amongst the grasses and mud.

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A few hours of birding on Mauritius Island

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Apparently, Mauritius has one of the lowest tax rates in the world. Offshore businesses located in Mauritius that do not do business with Mauritians nor use Mauritian currency are exempt from Mauritian taxes. Bird-wise, Mauritius is probably primarily known for a bird that no longer exists, the dodo. Kind of a weird claim to fame from an ornithological point of view.

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Duckhorn Vineyards: Paraduxx Proprietary Red Blend (2018)

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One of the old jokes I always hear at Christmas Bird Count dinners pops up we get to the ducks, which is now pretty early in the compilation thanks to the current taxonomic order. Invariably, when we get to Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) – a species rarely seen in winter here in eastern Upstate New York – someone will smirk and ask, “Do wooden ducks count?

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When We Go High, We Go Low

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I would not normally choose driving to two of my furthest regular sites back-to-back. But when April came around, and I had not yet gone to see the birds that are specific to my highest site (3,000 m/10,000 ft), I drove one hour each way for a very successful visit there. And then, during the following week… It rained! And after four days of rains, a very unusual occurence here for April, I knew this was my best time for a spring visit to my lowest site (1,000 m/3,300 ft), as the suddenly

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Myiarchus Mysteries

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As is my self-declared tradition of speaking of groups of birds within the species gamut of Trinidad & Tobago, allow me to introduce you to yet another group of three. While the entire Tyrannidae family of Tyrant Flycatchers is massive, the Myiarchus group of those recorded on these two islands comprises just three species. Simple and straightforward enough, right?

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Birding the Yinggehai Salt Flats, Hainan

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If I was a location spotter for movies, I would certainly put an exclamation mark next to my notes on the Yinggehai Salt Flats on Hainan. Even in January, the place is hot, humid, smelly (with dead fish being the dominant flavor, though there are also subtle undertones of other rotting things as well as chemicals), cramped, muddy, and full of plastic trash.

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An influx of Great Egrets

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Once again last weekend we ventured out to drive very slowly across Roebuck Plains on the Great Northern Highway. Although the land is still very flooded there has been some easing of water flowing across the highway and it is open with caution to all traffic. Some of the potholes have been repaired now, but others remain until the water level drops a few more centimetres.

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Bogle Vineyards: Juggernaut Pinot Noir (2020)

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This week marks only the second time the Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) has been featured here at Birds and Booze. Given its cosmopolitan range, we would hope to see this spectacular fish-eating raptor gracing bottles of wine and beer more often, but for all the infrequency of its presence in the world of booze, at least it always presents a striking image when it does appear.

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Collaborative list – March 2022

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In March 2022, the Collaborative submitted 184 checklists from 4 countries ( Costa Rica , United States , Mexico , and the United Kingdom ) and they included 637 species. The 2022 year list stands at 949 and the life list is now at 4,113. The only new addition to the life list was a the Tropical Gnatcatcher , in Costa Rica. Mexico ranks sixth on the Collaborative’s country list with 425 species observed.

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Say Hello to my Little Friend

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Wood-Wrens , birds of the family Henicorhina , are very small wrens of Central and South America that like to live very close to the ground, in dense forest underbrush or elfin forests. The only one that occurs in western Mexico, where I live, is the Gray-breasted Wood-Wren. It is one of those birds that is much easier to hear than to see — even though hearing it is not all that easy.

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Accessibility Matters

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A recent episode of the American Birding Podcast featured an interview with Virginia Rose (Founder and President) and Freya McGregor (Coordinator) of the non-profit Birdability. The mission of Birdability is to “share the joys of birding with people who have disabilities, and to ensure that birding is accessible to everybody.” They spoke passionately and effectively about making birding accessible to everyone.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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It has been more than 5 years since I last went to Australia, and I was even less of a qualified bird photographer then than I am now. However, the lockdown forces me to go deeper and deeper into my photo collection, if I want to write anything at all. And that seems to be the only vaguely satisfying thing left to do at the moment. So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them.

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They’ve Got Personality

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Well, it finally happened. The week on the cusp between March and April was the first week in which failed to pick up any FOY species for the year 2022. I believe that is because, after a rather grueling outing the previous week, I chose to go to a site with less promise, but greater proximity. (This following week, in which I did take a longer trip, I again picked up four FOY species.).

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A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of Egypt and the Middle East

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Birds of Egypt and the Middle East by Richard Hoath does a good job at giving you the idea which birds to expect and how common they may be. For example, if you are using Collins Bird Guide by Svensson and Grant (covering the whole Western Palearctic) or, perhaps the best regional field guide, Birds of the Middle East by Aspinall and Porter, you will end up swarmed by many species that can be spotted on migration only and do not spend much time in the region.

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6 Steps to Launching Your Customer Health Dashboard

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Customer health dashboards are one of the critical keys to durable revenue growth. However, creating an effective customer health score and supporting dashboard is not a one-time project. The post 6 Steps to Launching Your Customer Health Dashboard appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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8 Tips To Help End Sales Slumps

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Sales slumps happen. it's important for managers to know how to help their reps get out of a slump as soon as possible. The post 8 Tips To Help End Sales Slumps appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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The Behaviors and Skills Sales Leaders Care Most About

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In this podcast, we talk with Julie Thomas, president and CEO of ValueSelling Associates, which recently published an eBook on a study they completed called "The Behaviors and Skills Sales Leaders Care Most About - and How to Measure Them.". The post The Behaviors and Skills Sales Leaders Care Most About appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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To Convey More Value to Buyers, Ask The Right Questions

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Helping buyers perceive the value that your company, product or service offers them is one of the most significant things you can do to ensure a positive buying decision. In fact, your ability to convey meaningful value is what keeps potential clients engaged and mo­tivated throughout the process and thus more likely to say yes. […]. The post To Convey More Value to Buyers, Ask The Right Questions appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How Sales Teams Can Thrive in a Remote Work Environment

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Digital organization, preparation and leading with your value are vital to success in an environment that is unlikely to return to the old ways of selling. The post How Sales Teams Can Thrive in a Remote Work Environment appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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To Beat the ‘Great Resignation,’ Begin with a New Hiring Paradigm

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Successfully navigating the biggest worker movement since the industrial revolution requires a holistic view of staff and asking leadership teams essential questions to clarify the future. The post To Beat the ‘Great Resignation,’ Begin with a New Hiring Paradigm appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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The New Rules of Salesforce Collaboration

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Clearly defined rules of engagement are critical to helping sales teams achieve their full potential, driving higher sales performance, and creating a positive and healthy competitive sales environment that helps to position the business for sustainable success. The post The New Rules of Salesforce Collaboration appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Tis the Season to Renew with Personal Power to Achieve Fierce Sales

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Spring, the season of renewal, is a great time to remind your sales reps to embrace their personal power and recognize how it can be deployed for collective collaborations. The post Tis the Season to Renew with Personal Power to Achieve Fierce Sales appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales Excellence – a Comprehensive View

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The key features of the sales excellence sales policy based on clear objectives, professional sales management, plus measurement and management of customer satisfaction and loyalty. The post Sales Excellence – a Comprehensive View appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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