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Oddly enough, it can also refer to a person from Nova Scotia. Oxford Languages defines a bluenose as a “priggish or puritanical” person. I imagine that this is due to the cold winters up there, rather than suggesting that all Nova Scotians are prudes.

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It often refers to common, non-native, or sometimes invasive bird species that are perceived as less desirable or interesting compared to other birds. Common and Ubiquitous Species : In some contexts, “trash bird” might refer to very common species that are often overlooked by birders seeking rarer sightings.

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I cannot end the shorebirds list without reference to two other cryptic species more often seen on the coast than up here. I’m referring to Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus , a close relative of the larger curlew, and the Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago. The picture of colourful shorebirds is completed by Dunlins Calidris alpina.

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This question usually comes from people living in urban areas and in reference to Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (that’s a male in the above photo). ” I used to say they were the Murphy Brown of the bird world, but my husband advises me against using such a dated reference.

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The Latin species name alphonsiana refers to Prof. And its eBird description as a “large and spectacular pheasant”, which – you guessed it – probably refers to the male. The Silver Pheasant sometimes feels inferior to the Golden Pheasant but relishes its superiority over the Bronze Pheasant.

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Although Broad-wingeds have never been referred to as Mexican Goshawks, it would seem that they still overlap in terms of prey items and habitat. I suspect it spends most of its time in our neighborhood. When the Broad-winged Hawks arrive, how do this individual and other local Gray Hawks deal with them?

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In Jason Crotty’s article this week, he used the common birders’ phrase “trash birds” jokingly, to refer to some trash cans painted with realistic bird images in Portland, USA. Central Mexico has, of course, its own trash birds.

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As for “forest” and “football”, that pertains to where this species lives and its shape, in this case “football” referring to the sport celebtated on Monday night in the USA, typically accompanied by parking lot shenanigans. ” We could just as well refer to it by its genus, Neomorphus.

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The most printable slang is the logical TTs, which Maureen Eiger wrote means “Tyrant Titmouse,” a reference to their over-the-top personalities. Ramousky,” wrote Erin Smithies-Baker, referring to the enrichment idea her colleague Lisa Kelly came up with for their unreleasable Turkey Vultures. We do real birds.”.

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He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. The subject index at the back of the book is thorough but difficult to use.

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“Out West” to most Floridians might mean California or Arizona or might even refer to the Gulf Coast of Florida. But to us locals from the El Dub (Lake Worth, FL) it refers to anywhere east of the Everglades and west of Congress Avenue. And this is where magic happens from time to time.

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References: Dunne, Pete (2006), Pete Dunne’s Essential Field Guide Companion. If you, like millions of other wildlife enthusiasts, enjoy visiting our National Wildlife Refuge System to observe and photograph the hundreds of species that rest and live on our refuges, please join us in supporting the Wildlife Conservation Stamp Project.

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Its genus name refers to supposed similarities between it and the African mousebirds , and its species name refers to waxwings. The Hypocolius (sometimes styled as Grey Hypocolius , Hypocolius ampelinus ) is a fruit-eating, migratory bird of southwest Asia. Spellman et al.

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References: 1 Birds of North America Online. Once s/he showed itself and I began taking photographs, the bird seemed to be intrigued by the sound of the camera clicking, flying up into the tree right in front of us where I took the featured image above and this one. Birds Green-tailed Towhee Mountain Bird Festival towhees'

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And the references I use! Sometimes I get stuck trying to figure out how to describe something and I turn to references to see how others did it. But to find a Cerulean Warbler a New York birder needs a bit more information, so I included a couple of parks where they can be found.

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Here is a sample of the prose, which in part describes the figure above: Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1-3 illustrate a feeder designated by reference numeral 10.

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References: 1 Birds of North America Online. In the meantime, here is a shot of the male Calliope Hummingbird after the sun hit the feeders. If you want to see the best photograph of a male Calliope Hummingbird displaying that I have ever seen, check out this photo by Wally Rufous ! It will blow you away!

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However, there are only two lyrical references to birds in the National song catalog, and they are both somewhat generic (“Out of my league, I have birds in my sleeves” in”Squalor Victoria” and “Bird that flys out of order underneath the sky” in “29 years” – the latter is not a bad line). Less so when in flight, though.

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References to plate numbers (in the Plates section) and photograph numbers (in a Photo Gallery) are also placed prominently next to species name. There is also ample reference material in the front and back of the guide. Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense.

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References: 1 Birds of North America Online. At about the 2:03 mark you will notice a Ross’s Goose moving behind the dark morph goose from right to left and another following behind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYNb-0vYTE8. v=DYNb-0vYTE8. Birds geese Ross''s Goose Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Snow Goose waterfowl'

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You may have noticed that avian nomenclature is a misogynistic business, and many bird names refer to features that only males possess. This bird, in spite of what you may see in the photo at the top of this post, is named the Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it is.

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When we refer to an American Robin , we all immediately know the precise species in question. The California Scrub-Jay is an example, as the version of Sibley on my shelf refers to it as a Western Scrub-jay. (The I am not a taxonomist and I approach the issue as an interested birder, not a professional.

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Their name refers to their habit of eating nectar and pollen, though most of them also eat insects and/or fruit. The book hastens to assure us that “we may safely assume that it referred only to bright plumage” While larger, the White-eared Honeyeater seems to follow a somewhat similar color scheme. .” (HBW).

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It certainly does not refer to the status of Nanhui. At least, I managed to get a The National reference into the blog eventually. . “So worry not All things are well We’ll be alright” sings Matt Berninger in The National’s “ Apartment Story “, but this is at least halfway meant ironically.

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The White-tailed Antelope Squirrel , sometimes referred to as the White-tailed Ground Squirrel or the Antelope Chipmunk , is the rare diurnal mammal in the deserts of the southwestern United States. Nonetheless, it stuck around, hoping perhaps that one of the four kids aged six and under would drop some of their lunch accidentally.

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Birkhead focuses on those stories that both illustrate each chapter’s theme and clearly have meaning to him, and though the Birds and Us of the title primarily refers to how we, humans, observe and value birds, there are forays into birds and art, literature, medicine, food, religion, and biography.

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Its Corvina della Provincia di Verona is produced entirely from one such grape: the Corvina, a very dark, late-ripening variety whose name in Italian refers to the jet-black plumage of crows and ravens. The outfit specializes in wines produced from indigenous Italian grape varieties.

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I am referring to the sequence of events prior to May 9th, where CORBIDI, a small NGO in the country of Peru launched an effort to recruit birders from every corner of the country. But the idea of a Global Bid Day sounded like a good excuse to go out birding on May 9th and make my day’s list count.

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Actually, the book arrived at my home while I was out at Nanhui, a place that is even briefly referred to in the introduction of the book – “the underprotected reedbeds of Nanhui Cape” At Nanhui, I saw a few Common Moorhens along with some other, duller-looking but similarly-shaped birds.

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Pink-throated Twinspot’s scientific name is Hypargos margaritatus , the generic name means “possessing 100 eyes below” – “ hypo ” referring to “under” and “ argus ” to Argus, the 100-eyed guardian of Io. Both these names as well as it’s English name refer to the overlapping spots that are a feature of the underside of all the twinspots.

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The Isabelline Wheatear is an exception; its name apparently refers to the color of parchment. Many males sport bold black-and-white plumage, surprising for birds that spend most of their time on sandy and dry ground. In contrast, four Eastern Black-eared Wheatears certainly did rock the black-and-white look.

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It is a book with a careful infrastructure, however (even though it doesn’t have an index), with references to one section from another, enabling the curious reader to go down structured rabbit holes, pursuing information on nesting or skeletal systems or feather structure throughout the book. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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The word Trogon, from the Greek meaning “gnawer,” refers to their hooked, serrated bills used to eat large insects and fruit – as well as gnaw on the rotting wood of old woodpecker cavities to reuse as nesting sites.

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The title refers to the Serbian movie of the same name (minus the “birding”) that was filmed in that area. The next site is grazing pastureland called Mali Pesak and there, while having coffee among the snowy dunes, we observe the hunting attempt of one beautiful Hen Harrier male. Trips Europe Serbia wetlands'

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Text and photographs copyright Nick Sly References Almost all of the nesting data and behavior work that has been mentioned in this post is the result of twenty years of research on Forpus passerinus by Steven Beissinger and colleagues.

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So great was the social divide that in those days falconers meant strictly those who flew falcons, while those who flew anything not a falcon – back then primarily goshawks and sparrowhawks (also accipiters and not to be confused with the American Kestrel , a falcon sometimes referred to as a sparrowhawk) – were called austringers.

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Karlson and Dale Rosselet in Birding by Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds, the latest addition to the Peterson Reference Guide series and a book likely to revive the continuing discussion about the merits of GISS (the term used in the book, as opposed to the popular jizz ) versus traditional bird identification.

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