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For the Birds: DIY steps to help save birds — Birds of New England.com

Here’s the latest For the Birds column. The study released a few weeks ago that reported a 29 percent decline in the number of birds in North America since 1970 did not merely throw out some discouraging facts and leave it at that. It also included many reasons why bird populations are decreasing, most notably […] …

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We need more snow geese — Birds of New England.com

You didn’t think I was going to post one snow goose photo and leave it at that, did you? Here’s the link to my previous post on snow geese in which I mention that New England, for the most part, misses out (but not by much) on the massive snow goose migrations. I found these […] …

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Say’s Phoebe — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. A couple of days ago I photographed a bird sitting on an exposed branch. At the time I knew that my subject was some sort of flycatcher but I was unsure of a more positive identification. It […] …

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Tapaculo de Perija/Perija Tapaculo/Scytalopus perijanus — The Bird of Day #922

Nombre en español: Tapaculo de Perija Nombre en ingles: Perija Tapaculo Nombre científico: Scytalopus perijanus Familia: Rhinocryptidae Foto: Hernán Arias Canto: Jerome Fischer El tapaculo de Perijá (Scytalopus perijanus) es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al numeroso género Scytalopus de la familia Rhinocryptidae. Es endémico de la Sierra de Perijá, en Colombia y Venezuela. …

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Bird population decline fodder II — Birds of New England.com

Here are some more graphics from the recently released bird population study that showed a decline of 2.9 billion birds, or 29 percent, in North American over the last 50 years. Here’s my recent article on it. The study’s accompanying website is 3billionbirds.org #BringBirdsBack via Bird population decline fodder II — Birds of New England.com

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Cockatoos: Quirky Sorts With an Anarchic Streak — Professional Moron

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5UUjJysUMTw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Okay, we decided to cancel our previous post after House of Heart’s post about birds. As we’ve really wanted to do a post about the cockatoo. Thusly, we scrawled this all out over the last 20 minutes. Over the last few months we’ve become rather fascinated by their intelligent, if weird, behaviour. So let’s …

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