Jeff Mann 
On Saturday, December 5th, 2015, the Western National Parks Association is hosting the 2nd annual Bird Festival in Los Angeles at the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center. This free event is a great chance to meet local bird experts, go on a guided bird walk, watch a live bird presentation, and more.
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So many great posts of birds make it to Tumblr every day. Here is recap of this week’s best Tumblr posts featuring birds.
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This fantastic artist The Crooked Feather, has created many incredible custom bird wings for costumes and cosplays. Her latest creation of bird wings are fully articulating and move using CO2 tanks. Prices vary depending on size and complexity.
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So many great posts of birds make it to Tumblr every week, so here is the first of a regular weekly recap of some of the best.
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There are hundreds of species of ducks out in the world. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, plumages, and personalities.
What kind of duck are you most like? Take this quiz and find out!
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Recording the species and number of birds you see on your bird walks is good practice for reinforcing newly-learned birds and for contributing to citizen science. For a while, eBird has been the de facto website for submitting checklist of birds that you spot. There were a handful of bird checklist iPhone and Android apps out there for people, and BirdLog was one of the most popular. Here is a quick guide on how to record bird sightings with your phone using the new app.
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Saturday brought an annual birding trip to the lower LA River with the Pasadena Audubon. This trip was timed to take advantage of the birds returning for the winter and for the migrating birds passing through. Little did I know that we would be spotting a rare bird that had been recently reported in the area, read on to find out what bird we saw.
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