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Wattled Cranes

July 3, 2012 by James 11 Comments

Its a hard life being a bird but its especially hard if you’re a crane. Of the fifteen species of cranes alive today eleven...

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The Supremacy of the Booted Warbler

July 1, 2012 by Jochen 17 Comments

This is all Dale’s fault, with his defection to team Dendroica just because he saw a couple’ colourful birds at the Biggest Week. Surely,...

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Florida Scrub Jays at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

June 28, 2012 by Corey 1 Comment

Back in January I finally completed the North American scrub jay trifecta – Western Scrub Jay, Island Scrub Jay, and Florida Scrub Jay. The...

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Superb Fairy-wrens

June 23, 2012 by Redgannet 3 Comments

Following Duncan’s post about the Fabulous Fairy-wrens, you may be forgiven for wondering how many exceptional adjectives can be used in naming one genus of birds....

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Land of a Thousand Wagtails

June 22, 2012 by Carrie 6 Comments

Continuing with my theme of common birds who were, in a sense, my companions throughout this trip, I would now like to turn my...

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Everyday Sunshine: Zoom Out

by Walter 18 Comments

Riffing off my last post about places… here is a series of birds in their environments. If you’re ever caught out with a short...

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Okay, okay, wood warblers are the bomb.

June 19, 2012 by Dale Forbes 14 Comments

Last year 10,000 Birds celebrated Wood Warbler Week, which gave me an opportunity to describe exactly what a Wood Warbler (aka Phylloscopus sibilatrix) really...

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