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Birding Technology – The New Citizen Science

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But one of the most important aspects of these advances in new-age birding is the fact that they have grown hand-in-hand with the almost exponential growth in citizen science. Citizen science is a term used for the systematic collection and analysis of data and the dissemination of such data by researchers on a primarily voluntary basis.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. Schulman, 2010. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Donna]: Danielle Whittaker takes a personal viewpoint of a very different aspect of ornithology in The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent , a perfect blend of science and autobiography. Whittaker’s research aims to disprove the centuries-old assumption that birds do not have a sense of smell.

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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FWS released a 5-year review of the species in 2010. More recently, a group of developers petitioned FWS to delist the gnatcatcher because the underlying science was allegedly flawed and the coastal gnatcatcher is not really a distinct subspecies. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies.

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An End to Japanese Whaling?

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The Spending Review Committee recommended that the Overseas Fisheries Cooperation Fund (OFCF), which gives loans to the Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) to run the discredited science programme, have all of its funding revoked, except monies needed for loans in 2010.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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Good way to end 2010. Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP)

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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Jenna Fischer hosts the event, which is being held this year on September 11th, 2010. 2010 Fur Ball at the Skirball Hosted by Jenna Fischer. Join us as we continue the tradition with the 2010 Fur Ball at the Skirball, hosted by Jenna Fischer from NBC’s The Office. You can read the full details below.

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