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Big Years: towards a fair competition ?

September 20, 2015 by Jochen 13 Comments
Now that the World Big Year record has been broken by Noah Stryker, with more than three months and...
Birding

The little-known effect of the Egyptian Goose on the work load of the Florida Records Committee

August 23, 2015 by Jochen 5 Comments
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” Carl Sagan   The ABA checklist committee has recently added the Egyptian Goose to...
Birding

Great Egrets and the reliability of field marks

July 26, 2015 by Jochen 1 Comment
It’s bad. Very bad. Germany is currently experiencing its hottest June and July ever, and temperatures in the last...
Birding

The other Great Egrets

June 28, 2015 by Jochen 1 Comment
Great Egrets Ardea alba are confusing on many levels. The first level is the most harmless of them all...
Mammals

Leaping Foxes

May 31, 2015 by Jochen 2 Comments
Germany is currently experiencing something for which the English have no nice expression. We call it a “mouse gradation...
Birding

The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows

May 10, 2015 by Jochen 2 Comments
Bird blogging in May always gives me the creeps. This ridiculous focus of the Birding Internet on North American...
Mammals

The squirrel next door

March 15, 2015 by Jochen 12 Comments
Stop and stay, don’t move that mouse. I still know my audience – this is primarily a blog read...
Birding

Fifty Shapes of Grey

February 15, 2015 by Jochen 13 Comments
We are bound to suffer. Yes, winter has done it again: here in Heidelberg, we are subjected to the painful...
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