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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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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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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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The posting has a long list of qualifications for the “ideal candidate,” including public speaking, domestic and international travel, fundraising, commitment to diversity, and staff management experience. Speaking Spanish is “highly preferred.” The position pays $95,000–$125,000, and it is “almost entirely remote.”.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

It’s a cool set of experiments that have been happening here in Wellington which have demonstrated the amazing mathematical aptitude of the New Zealand Robin. The scientists think this ability comes from another fascinating aspect of their behaviour, they are a very rare example of an insect eating species that caches food for later.

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MAY 21, 2011

You see, for various reasons, I’ve been unable to put myself in the proper place to experience the kaleidoscopic madness of spring migration. The blessing brings with it certain downsides of course; writing this, for example, is taking forever because I keep watching the Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers outside my office window.

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JUNE 2, 2013

For example, the local farmers’ markets are back in action! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Before this lovely June weekend began, I bemoaned the evident end of spring migration. If you can’t get fresh birds, at least enjoy fresh produce.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

For example, this is really the only time of year I get excited about cardinals, at least if they are from Arizona. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. We are all entitled to our illusions about ourselves, but the truth will out on Saturday and Sunday! Birding best bird weekend'

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

My life experience allows for a generally calm and balanced demeanor. Take, for example, the group of the goatsuckers Caprimulgidae – the nightjars, and nighthawks, and whip-poor-wills, and widow-chuckers. If you feel the inclination to experience failure, try spotting legs on them: Legs: The Expendables 1.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

And it is interesting to note that government does very little to subsidize the bird watching experience; state Departments of Natural Resources, for example, maintain plenty of trout fisheries to improve the angling experience, but not a single warbler aviary to add more diversity to spring migration! billion to almost $4.1

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MAY 28, 2015

For example, the platform overlooking the heronry – initially, there were no benches (nor in any other of their hides), so I commented to the provincial Secretary for the environment (he is a birder and I know him personally) and he forwarded those suggestions to the reserve management. They got the message right. And so did I.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, the financial statements have not been updated since 2018, nor have the annual meeting minutes. The next executive director should have experience successfully managing a non-profit organization and creating and implementing budgets. A quick tour of the ABA website reveals other issues.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Take Madagascar, for example, one of the world’s highest-priority Biodiversity Hotspots: that island-continent is most famous for its penguins. I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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JULY 1, 2011

The experience served to remind me why some people devolve into Larophiles but, don’t fear, I have not sunk to that low and disturbing condition myself (at least not yet). Here, for example, are two birds in flight, both nearing their adult plumage, but both in that awkward phase that makes ugly ducklings look positively beautiful.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

With enough observation and experience, we notice slight variations and how those aberrations sometimes ripple throughout ecosystems. For example, here in western New York, our warm winter and dry spring dramatically impacted many of our fruit crops. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

It is not a concept for a total beginner, more of a reminder to someone with some experience. For example, from one such entrance I will learn that the Pacific Elaenia , Myiopagis subplacens , is 14 cm long, and that it has indistinct wing edging and blackish ear-coverts.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Last week Corey wrote about appreciating our local birds before the migrants arrive and it made me reflect on how easily we look past the familiar as we seek out new experiences. Take, for example, the following scenario. I’ve been meaning to start a series addressing the wonders of the common and familiar.

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JULY 19, 2011

On a recent filming trip with Tropical Birding in Ecuador I had the awesome experience of getting up close and personal with two bizarre manakin species. Take the Club-winged Manakin for example. Yet another of the fascinating and mind-blowing examples of the wonders of the avian world. v=hEUr01attXs a.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

To adequately experience the environment it is important to bird both the wet and dry paramo (grassland) of the upper Andes. Looking at Silvery Grebes at Antisana Papallacta Pass, an example of wet paramo, is one of the best sites for Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe and is only an hour’s drive from Quito.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these pictures and get a chance, someday, to see a raven at such close range as well.

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Birding can leave a bitter taste in your mouth if you fixate on certain aspects of the experience. A prime example would be my utter failure to pick up lifers during my last two trips, galling indeed to someone who tends to love new birds over old ones. But birding is obviously so much more than ticking names off a list.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

It is my opinion from personal experience that there is really no point in buying the BTX without the extender. I have to admit though ,that if for example you already posses an ATX/STX mono system , then the price for just the BTX eyepiece module is kind of acceptable. With the use of the ME 1.7x This one doesn’t.

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JUNE 29, 2015

For example, if it weren’t for the arrow below would you have any idea that a crab was hiding there? It was an exciting experience to see this heron going about its business from close range, close enough that I could hear the crabs being crushed. Yeah, me neither.

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MARCH 12, 2011

I love sexual behavior studies, and the motmot tail is an excellent and beautiful example of mother nature at her finest! They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience. It seemed like a really fun way to spend the day!

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JUNE 24, 2020

There is simply not enough real estate for multiple species of toucans for example. At their lek, up to six males would get together and leapfrog over each other on a single branch – I can’t accurately describe the whole process in words and give the experience justice so here’s a video so you can see for yourself.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

All three of those authors have far more experience than I do and the upcoming releases for next spring, California and Pennsylvania, are written by authors just as illustrious! For example, American Robins don’r really need location information because they are all over the state.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Here’s an example: born and bred in Europe, I do not know much about the tropics, especially the bird-rich New World tropics. And understanding habitats in detail is essential to any birder who wants to get the most out of his experiences in the field. This field guide leaves me nothing short of impressed.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. I wish I had read this book. They complement Kricher’s text.,

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. It turns out, for example, that “Theory of Mind” is very rare in the animal kingdom. But that’s another story.

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MARCH 2, 2020

It was an invigorating experience and an example of my favorite kind of birding, that of the spectacle. Please forgive the shakiness of the video below: the wind made it difficult to get the tripod not to shake. The main thing is the number of gannets! It was also cool to get a Coney Island landmark in the background.

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JUNE 27, 2011

For example, in September on the northeast coast of the United States, you’ll find birders congregating at the shore for the last vestiges of shorebird season, hanging around migrant traps to pick up southbound songbirds, or situated atop mountains to partake in some quality hawkwatch action. Get serious… birds are everywhere.

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MAY 8, 2022

Examples are the fairywren species and the Varied Sittella. Presbycusis is age-related hearing loss in humans, but I have also discovered that birds, fish and amphibians do not experience presbycusis due to the fact that they can regenerate their cochlear sensory cells. It turns out there is a word for this condition-presbycusis.

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MARCH 17, 2016

They explained that Japanese Great T**s “experience a number of threats, and in response to predators, they give a variety of different calls. These calls can be used either alone or in combination with other calls. T**s often combine these two calls into ABC-D calls such as when approaching and deterring predators.

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APRIL 13, 2021

The survey also sought to identify “the key attributes important to birding experiences” and learn more about “decisions to participate in birdwatching and level of identity as birdwatcher.”. For example, the survey (of eBirders) found: “Nearly all respondents (99%) indicated they participate in birdwatching or birding.”.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

I may have very limited experience with dolphins and no experience with whales, but the illustrations show the entire animal in the way only divers can see it, without a second illustration of the tail shape, something whale-watchers can actually spot from a boat. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Getting Close,” for example, contains a lot of material on the use of bird blinds—not the large blinds sometimes (but not often enough) found in nature preserves, but blinds you buy and construct by yourself. I found that there were surprises in each chapter. Also, settings information is fully integrated into the later chapters.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Yes, I know that birding can be turned into a social experience of sorts, but it will still always involve lots of silence and stealth. Here, and above, are a few examples from past outings, of birds that surprised me with such close encounters, that very little photo trimming was needed.

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