Author: Jim Gain
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Black Vulture
SE Arizona – Wings over Sky Islands Blog Post #4 With perhaps the greatest biological diversity in the entire US, many seasoned birders believe Southeast Arizona to be the top birding destination. Habitats range from the Desert Scrub at lower elevations to Riparian Oases and pine forests of the dramatic…
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Semipalmated Sandpiper (SASK)
SASKATCHEWAN BIRDS – LAND OF LIVING SKIES Post # 12 Semipalmated Sandpipers prefer open mudflats but can also be found in marshes and lake shores.
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Great Egret
Learn 100 Common Valley Birds Blog Post Species #60/100 Few things on earth fill us with as much delight as birds, and knowing them by name only adds to our pleasure. In California’s Central Valley, with only a little bit of effort, anyone can learn 100 local bird species. Especially…
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Lucifer Hummingbird
SE ARIZONA – WINGS OVER SKY ISLANDS The Lucifer Hummingbird is a medium-sized (3–4 g) hummingbird with a relatively long, decurved bill.
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Pacific Loon
SHOREBIRDS AND SEABIRDS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COASTLINE The Pacific Loon is found along the Western Coast of the United States during the fall and winter, and in Northern Canada and Alaska where they migrate for the breeding months of the spring and summer.
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Arizona Woodpecker
SE ARIZONA – WINGS OVER SKY ISLANDS The Arizona Woodpecker is a medium-sized montane woodpecker, and the only North American Dryobates that is brown and white rather than black and white.
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Red-breasted Nuthatch (SASK)
SASKATCHEWAN BIRDS – LAND OF LIVING SKIES Post # 11 Red-breasted Nuthatches prefer mature conifer-dominated forest.
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Bald Eagle (SIERRA)
SIERRA NEVADA BIRDS – Post #16 The Bald Eagle is an Uncommon Yearround Resident of the Sierra Nevada generally near lakes in the upper Foothill Woodlands through the Upper Montane biotic zones.
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Williamson’s Sapsucker (SIERRA)
SIERRA NEVADA BIRDS – Post #15 The Williamson’s Sapsucker is a Fairly Common Yearround Resident in the Sierra Nevada of the Upper Montane and Subalpine biotic zones.
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White Ibis
BEAUTIFUL BIRDS OF BELIZE The White Ibis is a distinctive wading bird that is commonly found in Belize. Adults have bright white feathers with a pinkish bill and legs.
Reflections of the Natural World 