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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

March 18, 2011 by Corey 1 Comment

The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National...

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

March 17, 2011 by Corey 4 Comments

Lately, I have grown a bit obsessed by Ruddy Ducks, those lovable little stiff-tailed ducks that are nearly ubiquitous on any sizable freshwater body...

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

by Alan 4 Comments

March and it’s like a switch flicks in birders brains in Europe, suddenly everyone’s ‘doing’ sub-Saharan migrants (or should that be trans-Saharan migrants and...

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Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring

March 16, 2011 by Larry 10 Comments

Whenever I see Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) I know that Spring is upon us. I have witnessed small groups of these gorgeous aerial acrobats...

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

by Duncan 3 Comments

Has it really taken me twenty one posts to get around to kiwi? Apparently it has!

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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

March 15, 2011 by Corey 40 Comments

It has been quite some time since the last of the 10,000 Birds diabolical quizzes. With Jory serving as our able Avian Quizmaster there...

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Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor

by Dale Forbes 23 Comments

So you have probably come across cases of Polygyny (one male, multiple females), as in the case of lions, Red-winged Blackbirds or Northern Harrier;...

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