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Monthly Archive for November, 2009

Long-Billed Curlew

Posted in shorebirds on Nov 29th, 2009

Yesterday I visited Heron’s Head in San Francisco. Heron’s Head used to be a pier, so it’s in the middle of an industrial area:  

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White-Tailed Kite

Posted in tanager on Nov 28th, 2009

UPDATE: Based on some research that I was doing for Tiffany about kites, I realized that I probably misinterpreted the picture of two kites in a scuffle. Kites will frequently transfer food in the air, so it’s quite likely that the two kites were not fighting. Here is a fantastic picture of two kites passing […]

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Orange

Posted in cockatiel, Star Trek on Nov 27th, 2009

Conner is scared of so many things.  Take this orange, for instance.  It looks pretty innocuous, right?

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Hello!

Posted in random on Nov 26th, 2009

Welcome to Avian Explorer.  For those of you that are new to this blog, I started blogging last April as Cockatiel Chaos on blogspot.  I imported all those posts to Avian Explorer, so this blog is complete. This blog has two interesting features.  On the homepage, you can see a slideshow at the top.  When […]

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Bushtit

Posted in tanager on Nov 22nd, 2009

If you look carefully at the trees in California, you can usually see tiny birds hiding in the leaves and needles.

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Red-Tailed Hawk

Posted in hawk on Nov 21st, 2009

Have you ever been close to getting the perfect picture?

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Etsy

Posted in cockatiel on Nov 18th, 2009

Have you ever visited Etsy?  It’s the best website for crafts.  I did a search of “cockatiels” on Etsy and came across a seller that makes crochet cockatiels.  Sweees sells patterns for normal cockatiels and makes the toys upon request.  I asked Sweees if it would be possible to personalize the pattern for Audrey and […]

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Black-Bellied Plover

Posted in shorebirds on Nov 15th, 2009

The ocean is filled with food for many kinds of birds.

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Pescadero State Beach Park

Posted in sparrow, tyrant flycatcher on Nov 14th, 2009

Today was a beautiful day in Pescadero.  It was a bit cold, but not compared to the rest of the country.  The beaches were mostly empty, though, so I guess the everyone believes that winter is approaching.

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Cockatiel Clipping

Posted in cockatiel on Nov 12th, 2009

There is a lot of controversy in the bird world about whether people should clip their birds’ wings.  Some people say that birds shouldn’t be restricted, that they should be allowed to fly free.  Others clip their birds so that the birds can’t fly off and get into trouble.

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