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for a while. That he probably won’t be blogging as he travels the world is our loss. Safe travels, Pete!

The St. Louis Cardinals just captured their first World Series title in 24 years. Rock on, red birds!

brought to us by the steadfast and true Josh Rosenau at Thoughts from Kansas. Thanks, Josh!

Pearl-spotted Owl Glaucidium perlatum
04 October 2006
 
The smallest owl in southern Africa (at just 18cm/7 inches it’s smaller than a Starling Sturnus vulgaris), the Pearl-spotted Owl is a common resident typically found in thornveld or broadleaved woodland.

This one was being mobbed by a variety of small passerines (including African Barred Warbler and Melba Finch) in [...]

Rockwarbler Origma solitaria
Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia
 
The Rockwarbler Origma solitaria (or Origma) is restricted to the sandstone formations around the Sydney region of New South Wales. It is a dark brown-grey bird with a cinnamon-tinged face and forehead, a dull white throat speckled black (which often appears quite dark in the field), reddish-brown [...]

Migration. Isn’t that what it’s all about? We’re all, by the standard definition of the word, migrating, moving from place to place, hither and yon. Atoms migrate within molecules. Teeth migrate within mouths (though we’d rather they didn’t). But of most importance, particularly to those of us attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, [...]

this week’s Tangled Bank? It appears to be missing, the poor thing, so if you find it, please contact its father.

Speaking of fallouts, we’re enjoying a virtual bumper crop of fall favorites. The woods in my part of New York are about as active as they get. Multitudes of American Robins are either staging or fattening up, depending on whether they’re migrants or residents…we have plenty of both. Blue Jays seem to be doing the [...]

The Birds Korea-AWSG Saemangeum Shorebird Monitoring Report, 2006
Moores, N., Battley, P., Rogers, D., Park M-N, Sung H-C, van de Kam, J. and
K. Gosbell. 2006. Birds Korea-AWSG Saemangeum Shorebird Monitoring Program Report, 2006.
 

 
The Saemangeum Shorebird Monitoring Report, 2006 is now ONLINE and, in line with Birds Korea’s conservation aims and principles, is freely available to [...]

I and the Bird #35 will be presented this Thursday (10/260 by Dan Rhoads of Migrations. Don’t be left out. Be sure to get your submissions to Dan (daniel-dot-rhoads AT gmail-dot-com) or me (mike AT 10000birds-dot-com) by Tuesday the 24th!