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Birds Singing for Us
The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and...
9 hours ago - Ornithology
Locusts and Oriental Pratincoles around Broome
Although we have not had a lot of rain recently there has been enough to turn the dry dusty landscape into a lush green environment. We often think about how deceiving it would...
2 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Pat's Costa Rica Bird List, 2021
2021 is already well underway, are you birding? I hope so because watching a flock of redpolls bound through wintery airs that echo with the calls of crows is nature connection...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Bodegas Navarro Lopez Laguna de la Nava Gran Reserva (2013)
I'm moving house at the end of this month, which provided a good opportunity for me to dig around my modest wine cellar - my basement, that is - for any older bottles of aging...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birding crème de la crème: Africa - Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park
This is the second post in the Birding crème de la crème series (the first, focused on southern Asia, is here ). This time we travel to Africa, or to narrow it further, to the...
5 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A Slacker's Guide to Bird Photography
It always surprises me when people compliment my photographs. As I have often commented on this site, I started taking photos of birds only to improve the accuracy of my IDs...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Snow Geese in Florida
By their very name, most would assume you can't spot Snow Geese in Florida. The Sunshine State isn't known for its massive snow drifts, nor for the massive flocks of Snow Geese...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act - Part II
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. However, it is unlikely that this rule...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Identification of new genes and quantitative trait locis associated with growth curve parameters in F2 chicken population using genome‐wide association study
Summary The markers which are correlated with the growth curve parameters help in understanding the characteristics of individual growth during the rearing of livestock. This...
7 days ago - Animal Genetics - 2 articles
It's All in the Timing
Several years ago I took my second trip to Australia and this time drove up the Gold Coast from Sydney to past Brisbane and to the beginning of the Great Barrier Reef. Along...
7 days ago - Ornithology
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Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
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During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
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If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
Birds Singing for Us
The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and...