Tag: waders

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A Trip to the Jiangsu Coast for Shorebirds and More

September 11, 2024 by Kai Pflug 4 Comments

It is a time-honored tradition among Shanghai-based birders to go to some coastal places two or three hours north of the city to unsuccessfully...

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An American Wader Down Under

November 5, 2021 by Ken Cross 1 Comment

Red capped Plover – a resident among the Samphire – above and below An American showed up in Australia recently. Well several really. In...

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Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

April 11, 2019 by Dragan No Comments

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far on a mud-bar, largely...

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Reddish Egrets, the court jester of wading birds.

June 28, 2017 by Tom Brown 4 Comments

As the dog days of summer descend upon us here in Mexico, many of our avian residents have bailed out and headed back north...

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Orlando’s Other Magic Kingdom

April 1, 2014 by Nate 3 Comments

People, and by that I mean the general population, come to Orlando typically for one reason only. Amusement parks. The great crush of humanity...

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Pied Avocets in Hong Kong

February 20, 2013 by Duncan 1 Comment

Growing up in Britain gives Pied Avocets something of a air of royalty, birdwise. They are, after all, the symbol of the RSPB, a...

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Roseate Spoonbills at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

March 3, 2012 by Corey 3 Comments

The Roseate Spoonbill lives up to its name, spectacularly. The bird is, after all, roseate, and, not only that, but it has a big...

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When will the Pluvialis tundra plovers get their own family?

January 12, 2012 by David 5 Comments

The air was thick and clammy, and mosquitoes were biting along Louisiana’s Mermentau River last Thursday morning, the final day of the Audubon Christmas...

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