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Hey All, For a group research project in our Ornithology class, Mike Andersen, Lena Samsonenko, Ben Winger, Tyler Davis (all of whom are past or present ...
Howdy all, I was finally able to get away from Alaska for two weeks. Basically it was suposidly a spanish emersion course (I did learn a lot of spanish and...
Hey everyone, Does anyone here have any recomendations of places to go or especitally any books for birds of the Baja Peninsula, I may get to go there early...
Hey all-- I went on a birding trip to Sault Ste. Marie, in Michigan's Upper Penninsula last weekend. I rode up there with a couple friends from my local...
I took a trip down to Lake Erie Metropark the other day to see some long eared and northern saw-whet owls. While i was there i stopped to take pictures of some...
Well I've been back for a while and so here is the first part of my trip to South America. I went to Peru to see Machu Picchu and do some birding in the area...
Hey Kevin, Pretty much any bird species can or has the potential to show white or washed out feathers and it is usually due to leucism, or partial-albanism. ...
This past fall, Ryan Terrill and I saw an albino Western Sandpiper at Carmel Lagoon, Carmel, CA. It was a weird bird, completely white, but with typical WESA...
Significant Bird Event By Jim Downey Birds Australia CEO Arguably one of the most extraordinary events associated with migratory waders in Australia in recent...
People often confuse the terms Albino, partial albino, and leucism and its not surprising as the literature often confuses these terms as well. Pretty much...
I think it's important to point out that albinism is not necessarily an absence of all pigments. Albinism refers specifically to the inability to produce...
Thanks, everyone for the information Kevin W. Southeastern MI ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. [Non-text portions of...
The Cornell University Student Birding Club took a roadtrip to the Cape Ann region of coastal Massachusetts this past weekend. Eight members came along: Mike ...
An interesting bit of bird trivia: Flamingoes actually derive their pink color from brine shrimp, which is pretty much all they eat (I think). Thats why a...
Check it out, http://home.comcast.net/~chris.sloan/AlbinisticRed-bellied.jpg Had a Sage Thrasher here on campus yesterday, a long awaited lifer. whoo hoo....
Matt's right about the food-derived pigments in Flamingos (although they do eat some other inverts besides brine shrimp). The same thing happens with Roseate...
Tautonyms Seeing double with scientific names There are 82 species of birds whose scientific names are tautonyms -- that is, birds for which the two parts of...
Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know about a job opportunity this summer. I'm going to be one of the Site Coordinators and my boss is still looking for 3...
Hey all, I know that i'm not supposed to advertize anything on this listserv but i just can't hold this one back. Yesterday I had the good fortune of talking...
Hey guys, I made a quiz at this site: photos.yahoo.com/youthbirder. (Sorry if that didn't come up as a link, just copy it and paste it into your address bar)....
Hey all, I thought I'd just let you know about joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists, and the Wilson Ornithological Society, being held this...
Hello everyone! I just found this exciting place in the I-net - your forum for birding! I am recently running my own company for birdwatching in Bulgaria -...
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When he states the death of his daughter's cobalt budgie as one of the clear indications of the "over-success" of raptors in his area, he makes it quite clear...
... Just wanted to remind you all about the ABA scholarships that are available to young birders. So far we have only received one application, and we've been...
People are getting mad at me for not sending something sooner, but these trip reports take time! so, just to whet your appetite, here is the raw trip list from...
I spent my spring break this year down in Aruba. It is not a particularly great island for birding, but I did have a wonderful time and saw a fair amount of...
I'm tryin to post a bird quiz I made, but I only got 3/4ths of the pictures because the group has too many pictures in the folder. So can everyone delete their...
Hello birders! This is not exactly about birds, but a mix of birders and baseball. I'm trying to get a Yahoo! fantasy baseball league made up of birders. I...
