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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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A Preview… About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Kah Wai Lin Mar 14th, 2011 at 3:26 am White-throated dipper in Nyfors waterfall of Sweden. Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2010? Have a great week!!

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A Question of Migration

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Some of the first solid research pointing to a magnetic sense of some sort in birds was being produced at that time, and there were even people testing humans for a similar ability. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. 2 PIERSMA, T.,

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Skåne: a Swedish love story

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She packed her bags, waved her family goodbye, and left for Sweden. I flew to Copenhagen, picked up my rental drakkar and drove across the Øresund bridge to Sweden. Turned out that bird was the reason he had driven 3 hours from Småland – to see what is in fact an enormous rarity in Sweden. This is one of my nemesis birds.

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

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There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). .; Houghton Mifflin, U.S.), SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. 1995), Skuas and Jaegers (Yale Univ.

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