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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of July 2021)

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The best of summer birding in my experience takes place at the beach. I found myself fully immersed in marine species while boating, fishing, and birding coastal Virginia with family this weekend. I found myself fully immersed in marine species while boating, fishing, and birding coastal Virginia with family this weekend.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2021)

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In addition to working with family to create a new cocktail (the “Christmas in July” which is the liquid that drains from ceviche mixed with vodka, preferably with a chunk of whitefish in it) he got some good birds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of December 2014)

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So many people devoted serious time this weekend to acquiring gifts for family, friends, and strategic acquaintances. He’d heard reports of Virginia Rail being present there in winter but was amazed when one responded to a recording! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. I want all of the above,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Let me ponder it while I’m picking up two gulls and an egret.”. Charitable Things. wrote Maryjane in Pennsylvania.

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

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The “ Explores” are only part of the book, and there is much else of value in it, even for the reader who cannot quit his job, sell all his worldly possessions, leave his home and family, and take to the byroads armed only with a parabolic microphone. Illustrations in this review are taken from Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of August 2015)

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My travels with family to the coast of Virginia have already yielded a bevy of birds I usually only see once a year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Summer often means vacation. Vacations mean travel. Travel means new ecosystems. New ecosystems mean new birds.

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Welcome, Wood Warblers!

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What my previous experience had not prepared me for, was that this summer I would see many of those species for the first time all at once. El Temascal does not (to the best of my knowledge) host the Ovenbird , Northern Waterthrush , Lucy’s , or Virginia’s Warblers , although I do see these species elsewhere each winter.

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