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  1. raymie

    Crowned Cranes - are they introduced in the UAE?

    I browsing the eBird maps for Gray Crowned Crane and noticed there actually a huge amount of reports of this species across the United Arab Emirates, far outside this species' normal range. eBird lists them as escapees (which doesn't mean much), but there seem to be checklists with as many as 20...
  2. raymie

    Costa Rica birding advice

    I'll be leaving for a trip to Costa Rica before the end of the month. This will be my first experience with the Neotropics and the first outside the ABA area. It's not really a birding trip per se but I should have plenty of time for birding while I'm in the country. Does anyone have any general...
  3. raymie

    How Do You Pronounce ____________?

    How do you pronounce aracari? It's "ah-rah-sah-ri", right? Or am I just totally wrong? Opening this up to other because surely there are other people wondering how to pronounce specific bird names.
  4. raymie

    ABA Community (The ABA's new social media platform for birders)

    The American Birding Association recently launched a social media platform for their members called ABA Community. It was inspired by the old Member Directory system and works somewhat similarly to Facebook. https://www.aba.org/welcome-to-aba-community/
  5. raymie

    Birding On a Disney Trip Summer 2022 Trip Report

    I don't usually do these, but I felt like a trip report of a family Disney trip I managed to squeeze some birding into might be of use to other birders who may find themselves in a similar situation someday. Here I'll discuss both the birding I did outside the park in central Florida as well as...
  6. raymie

    Central Florida Trip Planning

    This summer (late May/early June), I'll be making my first every trip to Florida - in the form a of a family Disney trip I'm getting dragged along on. I'm not quite sure yet how much birding I'll be able to get done, but I should have at least a little. First off, any just general good birding...
  7. raymie

    House Crows?

    What is that status of the House Crow "population" in Florida. Is it actually established or is it just a bunch of escapees?
  8. raymie

    Clements 2021 Update Coming!

    It looks it will be fully implemented sometime after August 17: https://ebird.org/news/taxonomy-update-coming 71 splits (resulting in a gain of 94 species), a loss of 8 species due to lumps, and the addition of 17 newly described species. Any guesses?
  9. raymie

    Brace Yourself for all new common names?

    A recent "Common Names Meeting" was held by the AOS Diversity and Inclusion department on the topic of changing bird common names. I don't know much about what was discussed (does anyone who does care to share?), but I heard that some members of Team eBird said they were open to changing lots of...
  10. raymie

    Finding Wildlife in Arizona

    I'm likely going on a trip to the Tucson area this winter, any tips for good birding spots or other interesting wildlife? I'm especially interested in iconic desert birds (roadrunner, Vermillion Flycatcher, Cactus Wren, Harris's Hawk, ect) and some of the "Mexican specialties", especially...
  11. raymie

    Why do we call it "Pyrrhuloxia"?

    I know that Pyrrhuloxia was once the genus name for the bird we call by the same name today, but why did we keep using this as the common name even after the species was moved to Cardinalis? Why was it even used as the common name in the first place when Desert Cardinal is right there?
  12. raymie

    Cincinnati Birding

    I'm going to be in the Cincinnati area soon. It's not a birding trip but I will have some time for birding in the area. Any tips of good spots?
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  13. raymie

    Wisconsin Rare Bird Alert

    To start, a Varied Thrush was seen at Sheboygan Indian Mound Park yesterday.
  14. raymie

    Great Tit

    Discussion thread for Great Tit. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.
  15. raymie

    Hello!

    My name is Raymie! I'm a young birder from Appleton, Wisconsin and look forward to joining this community.
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