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New Faces at the Olde Homestead

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The landscape changes too: buildings get smaller, vistas are altered, developments go up or abandoned shopping malls fall down. On the other hand, Orchard Oriole is not a reportable bird in the eyes of NYSARC, anywhere in the state – and that distinction was only earned by the Sandhill Crane in 2000.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails. Mow grasslands only once a year to arrest succession.

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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition: A Review of an Iconic Guide in a New Edition

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How have these species accounts changed from The Sibley Guide to Birds , published in 2000 (heretofore called Sibley One) to The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition , published in March 2014 (and heretofore called Sibley Two). I’m going to start with a specific example: species accounts for Common Tern and Arctic Tern.