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My Global Big (half-)Day, May 2022

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First, that new pair of bins for testing arrived, of which you will be reading in a due time, and two days later, the Global Big Day. While my Big Day was already over by mid-afternoon, it did help my mood and provided a lot of opportunities to test the new binoculars. And then things got a bit faster. Where to go? The same eagle?

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

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Here we look for sandgrouse, bush-quails, francolins, wheatears, shrikes, Laggar Falcons , eagles, buzzards, and the endangered Stolikza’s Bush Chat. Once the private hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Bharatpur, this fabulous wetland gave us a list of over ninety species in a very relaxed day on a recent trip!

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Swarovski 8×30 CL Companion: Blue Birds in 3D

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The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices. And all the time I was testing the CLs, I was wondering what the difference was between them and their big brother, the ELs. Still, testing binoculars on a bright sunny day? Photo by Senka Puhalo.

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Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

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“We’ll take the Peregrine Falcon ,” at least seven voices said at once. ” But the others were back to talking over each other, and me, and mostly what they were saying was Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine Falcon. “The Peregrine Falcon isn’t even that rare anymore!” You know it does.*.

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

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The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp.

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Catalonian Spring

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Now nearing 50 and duly lost in a mid-life crisis, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – only half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing and vertical caving. I think that this one is probably my best looking Peregrine ever.

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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For long it was assumed that the saplings cannot survive being under water half a year, from spring to August, but recently another theory was tested. Barely outside of it, the quarry near Sidirokastro rewarded me with Alpine Swifts , European Honey Buzzard , Peregrine Falcon , Eurasian Crag Martins , Red-rumped Swallows and Blue Rock Thrush.

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