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MARCH 17, 2013

Sage Sparrow split. Proposal 2013-A-7 would split the Sage Sparrow ( Amphispiza belli ) into two species: Great Basin Sage Sparrow ( A. nevadensis ) and California Sage Sparrow ( A. The proposal author (a Sage Sparrow researcher) argues that multiple factors indicate the birds deserve full species status.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

”* And then, my bird club friends started talking about alternate warbler songs and sparrow dialects and I thought, “Really? And, that sparrow I heard in California that sounded so different really is a Song Sparrow?” I do wish there was more about research on female bird song. And, that’s it.

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North America Birds Research America 279

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MAY 20, 2020

But as I started to research this post, I was reminded that I actually live in the center of this Warbler’s range. Its insect-like buzz reminds me most of the Grasshopper’s Sparrow’s song. Like the Common Yellowthroat , the Yellow Warbler breeds no further south than the central Mexican highlands.

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Honduras Mexico South America America 359

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AUGUST 27, 2013

The recent American Ornithological Union (AOU) decisions to split Sage Sparrow (RIP) into Sagebrush Sparrow and Bell’s Sparrow has the Birdosphere buzzing on everything from field marks, vocalizations, status and distribution to historical records and hypothetical patterns of vagrancy.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y., I’m not quite sure where I was at the time, probably working, and it was six more years till I got my state Henslow’s Sparrow at Shawangunk NWR (a shorter drive and a more cooperative bird). a rural area in the eastern-central part of the state.

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Connecticut Sparrows Birds New York 264

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. According to the latest research data, the total Brown Bear population in Greece is 475 to 500 and here in the Pindos range there are 350 to 400 animals (Pilidis, 2015, in pub.). Serin – Serinus serinus.

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JULY 22, 2021

According to National Audubon Society , “Finch researchers are calling this year a ‘superflight,’ where every species of boreal finch is irrupting, or moving southward in search of food. On this particular day, I wanted to see one species and one species only: the Purple Finch.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

I have always assumed that scientific researchers can overlay weather information on checklists for their research, but absent manual entry, that such information would not be available to me. When I checked out the spot I mostly saw a few House Sparrows. Because the checklist had no comments, it was pretty mysterious.

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Wyoming Portland Research Oregon 290

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

I love sparrows, so seeing a feather-worn Vesper Sparrow this past July filled my heart with joy. We saw sparrows–a total of 14 species–and we saw many other great prairie birds, and we often saw them perched on posts. Baird’s Sparrow was one of those elusive creatures.

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North Dakota Sparrows Birds Blackbirds 197

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MARCH 21, 2015

Bird species that require further research. Orange-billed Sparrow song from the Caribbean slope. The tinkling Orange-billed Sparrow song from the Pacific slope: Orange-billed Sparrow looks the same pretty much everywhere. Bird species that require further research and for which we need recordings.

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Costa Rica Species South America America 256

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APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 258

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APRIL 13, 2012

Not only was it pleasure, it was now that most dignified of activities, Research. Sure, migration was in evidence — both Kinglet species present, Hermit Thrushes everywhere, White-throated Sparrows tuning up their songs in such abundance that they provided an ongoing soundtrack, American Robins and assorted blackbirds on the move.

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Chicago Litter Louisiana Montana 235

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MARCH 7, 2011

Using the Birds of Peru field guide to identify a species of antshrike This course has three admirable objectives: To train the next generation of Neotropical bird researchers, both international and Peruvian, in efficient and standardised mist-netting, bird ringing/banding, and bird ageing skills.

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JULY 26, 2012

This is interesting to me because researchers recently determined that the spectacular (and spectacularly demolished) Hawaiian honeycreeper radiation arose from stray Eurasian rosefinches that found their way to the emerging archipelago long ago. .” So apparently we almost got an Aztec Dove!

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Falcons Parrots California Hawaii 214

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MAY 20, 2016

Yes, it’s physically massive, exhaustively researched, rich with appendices and notes and maps and illustrations, and in every way the sort of thing that you look at and think “Wow, this author really, really cares about John James Audubon. Yes, even the title is bulky.

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Fox Washington Sparrows Emotional 188

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MARCH 15, 2011

While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. Laurent Fournier Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:49 am Would the white throated sparrow qualify for this? That would be mighty interesting. Do you know of any references for this?

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2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 235

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JUNE 4, 2024

Kaufman says he worked on this book for five years and it shows in the depth of research, scope of topic, and the elegance of his writing. pages 8 & 9, Lincoln’s Sparrow by John James Audubon and text by Kenn Kaufman, © 2024 Kenn Kaufman The protocol for who got to claim credit for discovering a bird species was an important factor.

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Philadelphia Birds Investigation North America 246

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JANUARY 5, 2016

To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating. Sullivan are birders as well as writers, researchers, and organizational administrators, and this makes a big difference.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

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JANUARY 10, 2013

After driving along Research Road before dawn to pick up nocturnal species such as Eastern Screech-Owl , I began to bird Lucky Hammock at about 6:45AM. I started at Lucky Hammock for several reasons — very high diversity of wintering flycatchers, sparrows, and raptors but with the caveat that activity shuts down after around 10AM.

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Miami Virginia Bald Eagle 2013 187

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MAY 17, 2020

Over and again, Kroodsma admits to things to which neither he, nor any other researchers, yet have answers – including areas where diligent amateurs can, he says, make discoveries. And that’s part of the point of the book, and its charm – how much there is still to be discovered in the realm of birdsong.

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Virginia Boston North America 2020 264

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JULY 13, 2016

Apparently humans aren’t the only creatures that engage in booty calls—the prospect of getting some on the side leads Field Sparrows to sing for mates at nigh t. If your surroundings are carcass-free, you have crows to thank, according to new research about their scavenging services.

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New Zealand Florida Sparrows Dogs 100

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

One of the many research stations owned by Zamorano lies high in the mountains on the way to Tegucigalpa. Reserva Biológica Uyuca , which hosts a wide array of scientific research, is frankly phenomenal for Pacific Slope highland specialties. Considering what we saw in three hours on site, I’d love to stay there three weeks!

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Honduras Birds Kentucky Owls 195

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I realized a curious thing while researching some of the creatures in this guide–some of the common names given for the flying fish appear to have originated with co-author Steve N.G. and Texas “specialties,” there are also lovely photographs of common Texas birds, like Ross’ Goose and LeConte’s Sparrow.

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Pennsylvania Texas Whaling Whales 189

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

My goal was Lucifer Hummingbird , but I didn’t do enough research to know that the best time to see the hummingbird is in the early evening. Plus, great looks at Cassin’s and Botteri’s Sparrows, Grace’s Warbler, Blue-throated Hummingbird (including a nest), and Antelope Jackrabbits (not a bird).

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Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 140

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MARCH 31, 2011

B) the struggle to survive is savage, as survivors of both the Colorado sparrow shakedown and Tandayapa nectar wars can attest. (C) The author most likely uses the phrase “a finer, simpler state of being&# to imply that: (A) one should always keep a flask of whiskey handy in case of a Snakebird , which one should also keep handy. (B)

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Costa Rica Birds Colorado ALA 228

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station. We birders must push back against the uninformed, ignorant, hordes who seek to put their obsession with a non-native predator over that of native species. It was a great day loaded with great birds!

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AUGUST 19, 2012

A contemptuous lack of suggested locations to match the ones submitted forced me to research literally hundreds of locations in the U.S Imagine having to clarify every pygmy-owl, every whistling-duck, every brush-finch… the autocomplete on my cell phone is smarter than this. Importing locations is even more ridiculous.

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Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 230

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MARCH 11, 2011

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing. Get yours today! These Blasts From The Past Mockers Everywhere!

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Montana 2011 Bahamas Deer 191

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MAY 5, 2015

Instead, we get references and quotes from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink , the popular science book that takes bits and pieces from various research projects to make the case that we make choices without consciously thinking. Gladwell is a good read, but not credible scientific support. There Is No Left Brain/Right Brain Divide by Stephen M.

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New Jersey Birds Science New York City 223

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AUGUST 31, 2017

This morning I drove to the Kapela (“a chapel”) research area of mine, a small geological reserve 15 km / 9 mi upriver from Belgrade, whose management is interested to know whether there is more than just 620,000 years of sediments exposing the ancient glaciations in a high loess bluff. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus.

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Serbia Breeding Woodpeckers Feral 177

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.). The celebration was occasioned by 2018 being the centennial of the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act , a seminal environmental law. (Fun

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Minnesota Protest Protesting Protesters 176

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Birdlife International has classified the Chinese Egret as Vulnerable, with researchers pegging the total population somewhere around 3,000. Common Redshanks and more. The big deal bird at Sungei Buloh the week I was there was not a sandpiper but a wader.

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Singapore Zebras Zoos Owls 193

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MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras.

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APRIL 22, 2021

The bird index lumps both English and scientific names into the same body of text, but while English names follow logical Sparrow, Eurasian Tree , the scientific names follow a surprising montanus, Passer sequence. The first author, James A. Brickle is a long-time Indonesia resident, birdwatcher and conservationist from 1992 onwards.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Universities like Harvard, Columbia and Cornell regularly use the research facility. The Punta Cana Ecological Foundation has been specifically set up to ensure that the business is run on ecological and sustainable principles. Additionally the foundation provides a facility for important biological field work.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Deer Africa 242

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In Shanghai, one way to find out was to measure the concentration of these chemicals in Eurasian Tree Sparrows from different locations. Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers. Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers.

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

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MARCH 8, 2011

2 Responses to “Terrifying Truth about Crow Intelligence&# Jochen Mar 9th, 2011 at 6:09 am Their intelligence goes even further, and researchers have shown that Ravens master a feat that even 6 to 7 year old (human) children usually can’t accomplish: they can analyze what someone else knows / can know and act accordingly.

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