Bird Watching

fun with birds brown grackles Boat-tailed Grackle maneaters
We where eating or lunch at rest stop heading north on I 95 . then all of a sudden we where surrounded by about 150 hungry birds attacking us for our fried chicken I think they where brown grackles the black grackles [...]

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Slate-throated redstart
Two clips taken about 24 hours apart from the same place - the main entrance to Machu Picchu. I think it was probably nesting nearby.
Author: zeeox Keywords: bird wildlife Peru Machu Picchu redstart birdwatching Added: April 25, 2008
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Birding the Katy Prairie
The [...]

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Croc Hunter And Macca Go Bird Watching In Egypt
Crickey mate! Look at al those birds! There are plenty of birds out there, and only the Croc Hunter and Macca can bring them to you!
Author: agarn65 Keywords: Agarn65 Added: April 24, 2008
Source: youtube.com
armed assault me spot falcon (the [...]

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Via The Times of India: Bird flu spreads in Tripura. Excerpt: Bird flu has now started to spread fast and wide in Tripura. Blood and faecal samples of dead birds picked up from Nadilagh village in Bishalgarh sub-division of West Tripura have now tested positive for bird flu. This is third area [...]

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Via The Tundra Drums: Ten villages monitoring spring migrants for avian flu. Excerpt: This spring, Danny Mann will be on the front lines of the avian influenza surveillance effort in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Though the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, as it’s commonly called, has never appeared [...]

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It was a gorgeous day as I wandered the paths and climbed the rugged hills of the Hassayampa River Reserve today. Lots of birds and lizards, but nary a rattlesnake. Maybe next time.
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Tags: bird watching, bird refuge,

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An album track by Led Zeppelin; also, the approximate volume of twigs and other limb fragments, per square foot, in my back yard at the time of the First Spring Mow. Most of them were left undisturbed: this year’s lawn regimen calls for no buzz cuts, so the mower height has been adjusted accordingly, [...]

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IS THERE A CONTEST HERE? - The following email is making its way around the ‘net. You may have already seen it. Not sure who the original author is, or I’d give ‘em credit: “We in Holland cannot figure out why you (Americans) are even bothering to hold an election. On [...]

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Don River Valley, Toronto, March 2008. Part 1
Walking 11 k along the Don Valley area in Toronto.
Author: gnosticminx Keywords: don river salt pollution bird watching Added: April 25, 2008
Source: youtube.com
Hello Breathtaking Beauty!
Escape to unspoiled natural surroundings where you can explore rolling hills, woods, [...]

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Bob Farley/f8Photo A female cardinal feeds her chicks in a nest built in an unused gas lamp in the backyard of a Roebuck Springs house on Birmingham’s east side. The chicks hatched about three days ago, a normal incubation period is 12 to 13 days, and if all goes well [...]

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