Dodo and other birding bits from around the world

Nov 28/2016

Some interesting stories I stumbled across on the inter web.

1. A Dodo skeleton sells 280.000 UK pounds

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-38068828

1. Cirl bunting back from near extinction:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/17/british-farmland-bird-bounces-back-from-

brink-of-extinction?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

1. Hawfinch study

                                                           Understanding-hawfinch-declines

1.                                  Spoonbill sandpiper hatchlings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Mmd70n36w

1. Twitching

     http://birdingblogs.com/2010/Gunnar/twitchers-a-very-british-obsession

http://birdingblogs.com/2011/Gunnar/the-big-year-interviews

The twitching video has been taken down due to copyright reasons but neverthess the article is very interesting.

John Gordon