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A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido

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The species is listed as Vulnerable – the estimated number of individuals is 4600-5100 (HBW), of which about 2000 winter on Hokkaido. The eagles do not breed on Hokkaido, spending only a few winter months there – so if you want to see courtship displays as described in here , you have to go further North a bit later in the year.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak. 49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction.

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

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Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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Birding the Wolongshan area in June 2023

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Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not. ” Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not. ” Meaning: Martens did not do his homework and does not do real science. .” ” Meaning: Martens did not do his homework and does not do real science. Bad manners, I think. Difficult – no, hopeless.