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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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The indoor workshop started with a Covid self-testing (where everyone was negative), followed by lectures on the Swarovski company, its ethos and products. The next day we had an outdoor workshop and a chance to test the toys. At the end of the workshop we all went birding, to further test the glasses of our choice.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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It’s a good thing too, because it is the leading gamebird in North America in terms of total harvest and the widespread distribution of hunting effort. Use of non-toxic shot when hunting waterfowl has been mandatory, nationwide, since 1991. Click on photos for full sized images. www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fNo6B5gUI. v=44fNo6B5gUI.

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Drones: The Next Thing Birders Will Be Arguing About

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I was chatting with Gordon about this and we discussed how drones could be a safer way to get photos of birds or document birds for breeding surveys, but he was quick to point out, “You and I already have an idea of what a safe distance would be to test that out with an active bald eagle nest.

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

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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! We will go on via the Chambal River where we look for Great Thick Knee, terns and more river species. You should also see Gharial and Mugger Crocodiles there.

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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

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As it learns to hunt and live on its own, the young bird has taken up residence in a tree right in front of the farm. It’s such a great resource, I can go over woodcreeper songs, test myself to see which vocalizations I still remember from the ridiculously diverse rainforests of Tambopata, Peru. And it also has a cool name.

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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

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There is a certain amount of communication among different people at which time data is exchanged, but far far less than most armchair Hunting and Gathering experts (like, most archaeologists) would ever guess. Knowledge is more likely to be shared via shared experience than the exchange of data, though both happen.

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Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds

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This is particularly useful for a bird with small eyes that hunts under the soil surface at night. I remember watching a David Attenborough episode once where he tested the theory that new world vultures could locate carcasses by smell alone. A Little-spotted Kiwi by David Shackleford And then there are the vultures.

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