When is the next one?
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Next Saturday.
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Ok thank you!
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For me itās the opposite. Eagles arenāt common in where I live, but kingfishers do stroll by (probably when they take a wrong turn following their gps). They arenāt even too common here, but they were the only birds in the list who Iād actually seen once in my vicinity.
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Youāre quite welcome. Thank you for being interested.
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Itās a cool idea. :)
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We are close! Here is one more!
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Thanks! Iām so excited to reach my goal. Lol. That might sound silly 
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Do yāall think we can reach 1ā000 comments by January 1st? Here is a fun little poll to answer with.
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I really do think we can do it, especially with all the birding that will happen over the winter break!
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Yeah Iām super excited! Thanks for voting 
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If this is a thread for all things birds and bird watching, maybe others are also interested in learning more about birds from a scientific perspective like I am. I made a video about levels of fear one can observe in wild critters ( Wildlife Mealtime: On Having a Safe and Successful Meal in the Wild), but wanted to see some scientific literature on bird behaviour so Iāve been looking around.
Some excellent books I found at my local public library are:
The atlas of birds : diversity, behavior, and conservation / Mike Unwin
Bird brain : an exploration of avian intelligence / Dr. Nathan Emery ; with a foreword by Frans de Waal
Those two books were extremely interesting with much information about how birds see, hear, etc. My only complaint is that I can no longer see as well as I used to so that I find the tiny print extremely difficult to read, especially the captions on the photos and those captions are so very informative. Thus, I am now trying audio books and DVDs, hoping for the same quality information.
Bird Watching, audio book by Sophia Henner, for beginners. It did not tell me much I had not already learned from two and a half years of eBirding and iNatting but it was interesting.
However, I am now reading an audio book that is much deeper and longer, by a biologist. I researched him and he has written quite a few books on birding. So far, I read the first chapter on his experience of watching a family of Yellow-shafted Northern Flickers grow up in the wall of his cabin in the woods where he lived. It occurred to me that others might also enjoy reading a professional ornithologistās intimate observations of birds in their daily lives. The next chapter is about crows. You can also get it from Amazon in print format or Kindle. Here are title and author:
One Wild Bird at a Time, by Bernd Heinrich
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I will see if my library can get a loan or has them. They sound great!
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I like learning about birds scientifically as well.
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I really hope so. Thatād be a great achievement. We need to comment more!
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For me itās the summer break, but we still get lots of birds.
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Yes we do! Thanks for voting 
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Not a problem! 
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Had anyone saw an Ospreys lately?
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No, they have been gone for months now here in Ontario.
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