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Oriental Pratincoles

March 3, 2013 by Clare M No Comments

Oriental Pratincoles Glareola maldivarum are usually seen in large flocks in Australia and the numbers can be staggering as I mentioned in a post...

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Don’t take pictures of swifts

March 2, 2013 by Redgannet 6 Comments

Despite all the evidence to suggest otherwise, people still sometimes mistake me for a photographer. They see a big tripod-mounted lens and take apparatus to mean ability....

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2013

February 28, 2013 by Mike 2 Comments

Wouldn’t you love to visit Cape Kidnappers in NZ, where Duncan Wright has enjoyed sauvignon and seabirds? March comes in like a lion and goes...

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Literature, Sex, and Birds

February 26, 2013 by Corey 2 Comments

Jonathan Franzen gets it right in this interview by Susan Cosier for Audubon Magazine. In response to being asked what got him into birding...

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Whooping Crane Ancestry

by James 1 Comment

So what’s so special about seeing the resident re-introduced Whooping Cranes in Florida? According to the ABA, they are not countable. And when you see...

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2013)

February 25, 2013 by Mike 12 Comments

I made some uncharitable and in some ways inaccurate comments about the month of February last week which were starkly contradicted by some excellent...

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Upcoming Potential ABA-countable Exotics from Florida

February 23, 2013 by Carlos 9 Comments

With the recent addition of the Nanday Parakeet (Nandayus nenday) and Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) to the ABA list (it was not too long ago that Common...