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My eBird Citizen Science Experiment

10,000 Birds

In the northern Backa region of Serbia, in the mid-1970s there were more than 37,000 active nests of Rooks, while in 2009 there were less than 8500, indicating a loss of more than 76% over a time span of 35 years ( source ). Nor the funds to hire the researchers. nests per colony.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guideā€“A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Species are arranged by family and genus along taxonomic lines, but not always in accordance with the very latest molecular DNA research. Damselflies first, then dragonflies. And, finally, we have the biographies of the authors, happily a lot longer than the five-line snapshots that typically adorn books today.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

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From the Science Insider. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. Tags: animal research animal enterprise terrorism act FBI. According to the plea agreement, the damage totaled less than $10,000.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. And, rage and frustration. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!). Mostly adult males.

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Familyā€“A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

10,000 Birds

Lovich and Whit Gibbons bring decades of research and experience to this book. Dr. Lovich is a government scientist, Research Ecologist and Co-Deputy Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Drylands Branch, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Press, 2009). On the positive side, authors Jeffrey E. Geological Survey.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbertā€“An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends.