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Want to be a Writer for 10,000 Birds?

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The result is always ugly (see example above) and the opposite of what we seek: personal experiences and thoughts related to birds and birding, not some ChatGPT-written blurb. Whenever we feel 10,000 Birds could have more writers, we ask one of the many online AI art creation sites for a suitable illustration.

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Bucket Mouth, Chuck-will’s-widow

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But hands-on bird experience has been a major gap in my knowledge to date and I’m astounded at how much more I’m discovering about birds. For example, last Sunday we found an unusually large bird in one of the nets. I hope to have another experience with ole Bucket Mouth when I’m next out at the nets.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2021)

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Another weekend brings another example of the climate volatility induced by global warming. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. We just endured the warmest June on record, which may well turn out to be the coolest June we’ll see in a long time.

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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal). Press, 2011).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2014)

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When I saw a Turkey Vulture soaring serenely over the frozen tundra of Rochester last month, I took the sighting as an example of how confused, in a potentially fatal way, some birds can get. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of August 2020)

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As an example of how close they were, the shot above is uncropped. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. But the birds he most appreciated were the juvenile Least Sandpiper feeding at his feet on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. How about you?

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Birds Back on Territory and Singing!

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Though birds sing because it is a biological imperative I find it hard to believe that they don’t get some basic enjoyment out of the experience as well. For example, the Brown Thrasher at right is one of several singing from the bushes and trees around the West Pond at Jamica Bay Wildlife Refuge. I know I do!