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Weird Waterfowl at WWT Slimbridge

September 21, 2010 by Mike 6 Comments

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) declares Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire to be the birthplace of modern conservation. That may well be true. All I can say is...

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Benevolent ID Challenge: Mystery at Mangaloma

March 20, 2010 by Mike 7 Comments

I think I’ve done it, and by “it” I mean devised an ID challenge so… challenging that even our audience won’t be able to...

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Diabolical Equatorial Hummingbird ID: Puffleg Edition

February 17, 2010 by Mike 6 Comments

At last, I believe I’ve found an ID challenge too diabolical for even the crack cadre of avian savants that tend to respond to...

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Benevolent ID Challenge: Black Bird of Mystery

January 20, 2010 by Mike 5 Comments

I give up! Readers of this blog are simply TOO gifted in the arena of avian identification. Corey can continue to try to stump...

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Diabolical ID Challenge: A Shadow of a Chance

January 17, 2010 by Mike 8 Comments

You lords and ladies of armchair avian identification really feasted on our last ID challenge, didn’t you? Apparently, that duck wasn’t as tricky as...

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