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The Sunda Teals of Jakarta

October 26, 2014 by Jochen 2 Comments

The Sunda Teal is a brown duck. This may make it very popular amongst European birders who can relate, but it doesn’t make it...

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Sanctuary Lakes, Palmerston

by Clare M 2 Comments

When we first arrived in Palmerston I downloaded the bike map and then looked for water bodies within the city. There have been some...

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Mystery ID – Solved

October 25, 2014 by Redgannet 1 Comment

In the forests of South America, a birder is likely to cross the path of a feeding flock of brown birds represented by Woodcreepers,...

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A White Brown-headed Cowbird

October 24, 2014 by Corey 1 Comment

I was sorting through a large mixed flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds and European Starlings at Fort Tilden on Friday morning when Isaac Grant, the intrepid...

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In the Weeds

by Carrie No Comments

In honor of fall, and of the Chipping Sparrow that just smacked itself (thankfully not too hard) against my balcony window, here’s a blast...

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My Favorite Release

by Suzie 1 Comment

So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep...

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An odd foraging behavior for a Vulture

October 23, 2014 by Alfredo Begazo 4 Comments

New World vultures of the genus Cathartes (Greater Yellow-headed, Lesser Yellow-headed and Turkey Vultures) look much alike. Greater and Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures are so...