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Is the White-naped Xenopsaris Migratory? or The Limits of Citizen Science

March 15, 2017 by Duncan 4 Comments

That’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself. There’s a decent chance you’ve never even heard of it before. I hadn’t until a little...

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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse

March 11, 2017 by Redgannet 2 Comments

A Pin-tailed Sandgrouse flew across the front of the hide and landed on the other side of a freshwater sluice, just a few meters...

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The wonderful Phainopepla

March 8, 2017 by Tom Brown No Comments

Spring is in the air, and all around the Baja desert I am seeing a plethora of species, all looking for love, in what...

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The Gawky Guillemot

March 5, 2017 by Jochen No Comments

I guess we can universally agree that the colonial times were a rather selfish period of European history. There is indeed little good that...

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Angry Birds, What’s Black and White and Hungry All Over, and a Little Something for the Ladies: This Week in Bird News

March 1, 2017 by Meredith Mann No Comments

If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains...

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Western Reef-Heron

February 25, 2017 by Redgannet 1 Comment

The Western Reef-Heron, Egretta gularis, sits neatly between Little Egret and Snowy Egret in Clements taxanomic checklist. The slim, elegant, white egrets are very...

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Cardinals are Singing

February 24, 2017 by Carrie No Comments

Northern Cardinals are known for their plumage. Bold red or subtle pink and brown, on a background of snow or new leaves, their beauty...

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Mallard Complexity

February 14, 2017 by Mike 13 Comments

Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a fine form with his...

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