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Migrant Warblers in Cyprus

April 29, 2011 by Dan 1 Comment

Migrating warblers typically pass through Cyprus from March until May every Spring – a fact that is sadly taken advantage of by illegal poachers....

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Avian Quiz – April 29, 2011

by Jory 5 Comments

This week’s quiz is all about what we don’t know. Or that the internet will allow anyone to post anything no matter whether it...

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Great-tailed Grackles Are Expanding Northward

April 27, 2011 by Larry 15 Comments

According to Birds of North America Online, the Great-tailed Grackle’s (Quiscalus mexicanus) breeding range has been expanding northward for several years. I must say...

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Man-o-war Birds

by Duncan 5 Comments

Last week I introduced the Great Frigatebird, one of five species of man-o-war bird. I got rather carried away showing all the plumages you...

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This is not a wood warbler!

April 26, 2011 by Dale Forbes 8 Comments

Kenn Kaufmann, David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Corey Finger and – it seems the rest of the American birding world have it all wrong. I...

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A Little Known Fact

by Corey 8 Comments

In spring, crows and ravens get jealous of all the attention that wood-warblers receive from birders. Sometimes the jealousy overwhelms their big corvid brains...

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White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

April 25, 2011 by Corey 3 Comments

I have yet to find a person, let alone a birder, who does not like nuthatches. They make funny sounds, they walk upside down,...

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What is a Phoebe?

by Mike 36 Comments

When the word “phoebe” comes up, most people automatically think of things like the outermost of Saturn’s known satellites, the Greek Titan-goddess of the...

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