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    ABA Blog on Women Birders and "The Field Glass ceiling"

    So if I'm reading you right Chosun, African Americans are good at jumping, dancing and rap music. I guess this is why Fugl admires your insights so much. In my priggish world racism and sexism isn't held in such high regard - each to their own though...
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    ABA Blog on Women Birders and "The Field Glass ceiling"

    Ummm I'm not from CT - but anyway I'm guessing you don't like to let facts to get in the way of your digs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_educational_attainment I would suggest you read the actual post (which is written by a woman and contains the thoughts of women birders)...
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    ABA Blog on Women Birders and "The Field Glass ceiling"

    @Fugl - Spot on - just like there's no racism in America now we have an African American president (is there an eye roll emoticon on here?). Don't you think the fact that most all of the upper level female birders thinks it exists as an issue outweighs your believing it's a joke. I guess if you...
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    I am a hawkwatcher

    A cool online comic about hawkwatching: http://iamahawkwatcher.com/ Also on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Iamahawkwatcher
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    Is anyone Bigbying this year?

    Hey Brian, Nice to read about your exploits on the bike birdrace. You are certainly expending more energy with your BGBY than I am as I am merely wandering the local environs looking for birds. Still just tallied my numbers and am now up to 163 on the year. Luke
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    Birds in Song Titles

    My latest bird related playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=83BD287D5B8C88BA Kinda cheating with the first track (ROBIN Gibb)!
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    Is anyone Bigbying this year?

    Finally broke 100 species for the year. You can tell I am not trying that hard! Still a nice way to make it to 100: American White Pelican, Sandhill Crane and Northern Goshawk. All not bad for NY State: http://underclearskies.com/2011/04/12/bigby-bigger-better/
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    Birds in Song Titles

    Caribou - Brahminy Kite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXfW08QuhCg I prefer the live version of this track personally - a killer one in my humble opinion.
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    Birds in Song Titles

    Giant Drag - Swan Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2OrYAjAOQw
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    Birds in Song Titles

    I put together a fairly decent (I think) indie/alternative playlist on youtube (just posted it to my blog: http://underclearskies.com/2011/03/31/bird-music-indie-mixtape/ These are tracks with bird names in the titles or in the band names - things that seem to have been missed off here so far...
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    Need Help, SE Pennsylvania

    Tundra Swan, DC Cormorant, American Wigeon
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    Female yellow-rumped warbler? Utah, USA

    And for a very good reason it seems! Hey Jim - I guess you can hang onto your one species if you like - personally I prefer them as two - still whatever stance you take it's probably worth noting now what subspecies (if that's how you want to consider them still) an individual is for future...
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    Female yellow-rumped warbler? Utah, USA

    As mentioned the IOC has split them, (IMHO) the AOU is lagging behind on this, but I am pretty certain it's just a matter of time. They are on my North American list as two separate species. Whether they are lumped or not currently by the AOU it's probably worth working out what...
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    Female yellow-rumped warbler? Utah, USA

    Seeing as Yellow-rump doesn't officially exist as a species anymore (having been split) I would guess that what you have here is an Audubon's Warbler. I don't have as much experience with them as Myrtle Warbler but I think the duller throat and plain brown head at least points in that direction...
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    Weasel killing brown rat

    What a great moment to capture on video. That weasel is one tough hombre!
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    Is anyone Bigbying this year?

    Planning on giving it a bash this year after giving up a couple of years back. Did a little tally for the year including a little backdating. Not sure I am fit to do much cycling (at least until it gets above -4 degrees) but enjoying plodding along (literally) to do it. A rather modest total of...
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    Weird Question? Israel

    Thanks very much for the help. Greatly appreciated!
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    Weird Question? Israel

    Hi All, A friends mother is visiting from Israel and wants to find out about planting a bird friendly backyard. Anyone got any suggestions on what organizations she might get some info from? I'm sure there must be some Audubon/RSPB equivalent that would have info like that? Thanks, Luke
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    Calling Texas, USA birders for help

    It does help even if there isn't much debate. You can see the distinct supercilium much easier in this shot (rules out Nashville) as well as the strongest area of yellow on the underside of the bird is on the undertail coverts (Tennessee would be variably white or slightly cream colored here...
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    Calling Texas, USA birders for help

    Hi Ken/All, Nashville would be much yellower underneath than this bird. Orange crowned show the much weaker split 'eyering' that you see on this bird rather than the complete bold eyering of a Nashville. You can also see feint streaking on the breast that would rule out Nashville and Tennessee...
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    Sparrow help - Assateague Island, Virginia, USA

    It's a juvenile Seaside, mainly dusky gray, heavy bill, pale buffy malar, yellowish hint in lores here's a nice comparison http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/127/galleries/photos/GA_SESP72804LCWMA,DE-02ax/image_column
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    Eastern US Weekend Trip

    I'd echo the Cape May trip - hit Brigantine on the way down. Shorebirds will be slim but you'll probably scrape a few together - this weekend a couple of mates did OK digging out some birds en route to Cape May - Spoonbill still around - prefer a Spoonbill Sandpiper meself ;)
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    Bird ID Thailand - rather vague description

    Thanks for the suggestions thus far guys - i'll see what he thinks (and i'll ask where he was) - funny thing is a) he is an artist so you'd think his description would be better b) he's a photographer and he didn't get a snap of the bird.
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    Bird ID Thailand - rather vague description

    My brother (who is not a birder) was giving me a description of a bird he saw in Thailand which he described as being medium sized, with shiny black/blue feathers and in the middle of its wing white markings almost like an eye but with no pupil and a black beak with a red tip. Bit of a weird...
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    Two more on Texas Coast?

    You can find out of season ducks lingering in winter spots year round pretty much. At the moment there are LT Ducks, King Eider, Gadwall, RN Duck etc etc etc all around in CT - these straggler waterfowl are the lifeblood of big day participants across the country. Luke
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