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Birding

Where Have You Gone, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea?

September 13, 2014 by Carrie 3 Comments
Extinction is sometimes more confusing than it looks. It is easy to tell when some species become extinct —...
Birding

Bubble-gum Pink Legs

May 12, 2013 by Donna 2 Comments
Bubble-gum pink legs. That’s how the limbs of the Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus, were first described to me, and that’s what...
Birding

Pink in Africa

by Adam Riley 1 Comment
Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African...
Birding

The Bill of the Flamingo

by Jochen 1 Comment
The bill of the Greater Flamingo is a marvel of nature that would make any baleen whale turn pale...
Birding

Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos

by Clare M 5 Comments
It’s Mother’s day today in the U.S.A and down here in Australia-actually it will be almost over when you...
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Of Nesting Spoonbills, Nestling Flamingos, Left-the-Nest Shearwaters, and Mystery Gulls

by Meredith Mann No Comments
Pink-footed Shearwater image by Felonious Jive What do all these birds have in common? They’re (at least partially) pink....
Birding

Pink Finches I Have Known

May 11, 2013 by Corey 5 Comments
You can’t really talk about pink birds without talking about pink finches. For some reason the Fringillidae, as the...
Birding

The Thin Black Line

by Jochen 1 Comment
If you are a birder reading this, you will probably like flamingos because they are pink. If you are...
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