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World Sparrow Day 2011

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In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day. In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day.

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Birding in Place

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I’m happy that they’re so aggressive though, because the House Sparrows have, at long last, discovered my feeder, and aggressive Juncos are the only things keeping them in line. Speaking of sparrows (real ones this time) the Juncos have gone from one tag-along Song Sparrow to two.

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The Bird that Runs from Waves

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They are the “clockwork toy” birds according to Sibley , “The Bird That Plays Tag with the Waves” according to Pete Dunne , and The Shorebird Guide points out that Sanderlings are “probably the most widespread shorebird in the world.” Not only are Sanderlings fun to watch they leave cool tracks too.

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Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds

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• Explore These Related Posts Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners World Sparrow Day 2011 Why are Birds So Important to People? Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hat-tip to Stella. Get yours today!

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How My 2021 Birding Is Going So Far

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My first House Sparrow for 2021!) In its thorn forest, a hard-to-find Black-chinned Sparrow turned up, while the forests offered up a relatively uncommon Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and four well-hidden Pine Siskins. Later in the day, the Pied-billed Grebes became more visible (with one Least Grebe tagging along).

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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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If you think one of the birds is a Song Sparrow call it “ Song Sparrow &# and not the unspecific “sparrow.&# No, none of the images below feature a Song Sparrow.* … Tags: diabolical , ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today! Hooded Merganser 2.)

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Rare air

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Not only were there no Ravens to film (I was up at the airport watching a family of Ravens peeling tape off boxes of cargo left outside to load onto the south bound flight) but he found a pair of White-crowned Sparrows. Tim filmed a bird he certainly never expected in the Arctic. But I know one of the birds is in it somewhere.

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