🌎 ☑️ Your eBirder of the Month Challenge for May, sponsored by ZEISS Birding is centered around birding on #GlobalBigDay ! ☑️ 🌎
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The eBirder of the month will be drawn from eBirders who submit five (5) or more eligible checklists on 11 May. Last year, 58,700 people in 199 countries found an astonishing 7,636 species of birds in a single day. Participate in the eBirder of the Month Challenge this Global Big Day! 🎉
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Tap the link below to read how you can participate in the eBirder of the Month Challenge.
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[Image Description: Pointed to the right and perched on a branch, a bird with a yellow chest and blue back glances back at the camera. Text on image: Cornell Lab Global Big Day, 11 May 2024, buff.ly/4dpGKWM, Violaceous Euphonia, Euphonia violacea, © Thelma Gátuzzô, Macaulay Library]
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"We still treasure seeing these birds that we love up close. [This] photo [is] of the serrated leading edge of a Long-eared Owl’s wing. This serration is one of the adaptations that contributes to an owl’s silent flight. It muffles the sound the air would make as it hits the wing’s leading edge by breaking up the airflow." Read the most recent update from Owl Banders Chris Neri and Nova Mackentley at: wpbo.org/2024/05/08/6564/
📸 Chris Neri
#LongEaredOwl #Owl #OwlBanding #OwlResearch #WhitefishPoint #WPBO #MichiganAudubon
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