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Sampling Manakins

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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. The post Sampling Manakins appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Blue-backed Manakin.

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The Warbler Brewery – Warbler Ale

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I don’t know whether head brewer Chris Schell – a Delmar native with a decade of craft brewing experience – is a birder or not, but each beer is adorned with trippy, vaguely sci-fi depictions of birds by Boston artist Ian Tartasky , some of which seem to be identifiable to species.

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Bird-Eating Fish

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The following graph shows the distribution of stable isotopes of Nitrogen (vertical axis) and Carbon (horizontal axis) for Crayfish, fish, and Pigeons based on samples taken at the site or from a nearby Pigeon hunting society. Notable is the high degree of variation among the sampled catfish; only some of the fish are eating pigeons.

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference

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NAOC is big — there are so many speeches, round tables, symposia, panel discussions, and poster presentations, that nobody could sample even a tiny fraction of the entire conference. At the top are the keynote and plenary speakers, who generally have decades of experience and impressive backgrounds. The keynote speaker is Thomas E.

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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The essay, less than 11 pages long and illustrated with a black-and-white photo of the star of the piece, is a sample of the excellent writing that characterizes Learning the Birds. ” Each essay focuses on a current birding experience (with one exception, an essay about Nathan Leopold, the murderer who was a birder).

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Birding in Place on Poas Volcano- What can You See?

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The following examples are some of the birding experience that awaits on Poas Volcano, Costa Rica: The Voices of Understory Birds. These are a small sampling of the birds possible while birding in place on Poas. Either way, its all good, its still birding and if you try it in the right places on Poas, the avian treats will delight you.

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Endemic Birds of Brazil

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This was an amazing experience which confirmed the continued destruction of the forest caused by the insatiable expansionism of humans. Here is a tiny sample of the birds: Three-toed Jacamar Red-legged Seriema Saw-billed Hermit Hooded Berryeater Bertonis Antbird Guilt-edge Tanager.

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