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    Anybody else have a blog?

    My blog (online since June 2005) is here: http://dendroica.blogspot.com There are hundreds of us bird bloggers, as I am sure that you are discovering.
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    birding on the net...

    There is a list of bird cams here too: http://www.littlebirdiehome.com/. Most are inactive now.
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    Suggestion for Birding Holiday...

    New York City in May - Central Park and Prospect Park for songbirds; Jamaica Bay for shorebirds and waders. Could be covered without driving because all hotspots are accessible by subway. Alternately, Cape May, NJ, in spring or fall - You would need a way to get there, but once you were at the...
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    What bird would you happily never see again through your bins?

    I think "collard doves" are still pretty rare. ;)
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    free Birding software

    I do not know of free birding-specific software. I use Avisys, which is fee-based software. Avisys does a good job keeping my bird records and has some flexibility for creating reports. If you are not willing to shell out money for software, you could keep your records with eBird. You could also...
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    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    I believe this point was addressed in the ACE-ECO paper.
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    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    Hunting zealots have far more political clout than anti-hunting zealots, especially in a red state like Florida. Even in blue states, the best that anti-hunting zealots can do in most cases is make noise.
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    Wind direction!

    My experience on the East Coast of the USA is that passerines prefer to migrate under favorable conditions. That is, the biggest flights tend to happen on clear nights without precipitation, with a tailwind. Birds will still move in less favorable conditions, but far less will move against a...
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    Help to identify needed please.

    #5 looks like a Ringed Teal.
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    Divided loyalties: Patch vs country lists

    I would rather see the bird than wait to see it on my patch. I can always keep looking for the rare species on my patch later, and if I have seen it already once, I have a much better chance of recognizing it on my own.
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    10 things you did to further your interest in birding.

    Here are my ten: 1. Bought good pairs of binoculars. 2. Bought the Sibley Guide and Sibley's Birding Basics. 3. Read Kingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman. 4. Read some books by Pete Dunne. 5. Read Spring in Washington by Louis Halle. 6. Learned how to get to DC's parks by public transportation. 7...
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    How early do YOU go birding?

    One of my favorite sites does not open to visitors until 8am and another opens at 7am. Usually I try to get there within a half-hour of opening time. In summer I generally try to get out early - be at the site by 7 or 7:30. In winter I will go out somewhat later since there is not a real dawn...
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    Flycatcher ID help, New York, USA

    I agree that this is an Empidonax flycatcher. I think that the wing bars are too bold and the eye ring too distinct for wood-pewees. The trouble is which one. Least Flycatcher is a good bet based on the range.
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    Radar Ornithology

    I usually pay attention to the radar during migration to see if it is worth the effort to get to a good spot. Otherwise I just hit my default birding location.
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    Birds you thought you saw that turned out not to be real.

    When I was starting out birding, plastic bags in the trees used to get me all the time. I would stop to look with binoculars only to realize it was not a heron or anything like that. I do most of my birding in urban and suburban areas, so trash in the trees is a bit of a problem. Another time I...
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