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Releasing White Doves

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Rehabbers can be a touchy group, and for good reason. Kathryn Dudeck is a rehabber outside Atlanta. If the birds are not banded, there’s no way to tell if they were released at a ceremony or if they’re racing contest pigeons who went off course (the racers who fly in homing contests are another whole subject).

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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This makes no sense at all for a group that purports to be the national birding organization for the United States. Most Americans now live within the ABA Area, but by far the largest excluded group is the Puerto Ricans and the overwhelming majority of them are Hispanic. The flight from Atlanta (the busiest airport in the U.S.)

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Birds Worth The Trip

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We have examples of enough historical styles of buildings, mostly built with local stone, to draw groups from architecture schools. Best of all, you can fly here direct from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. ” Well, the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.