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Good news for the Wood Stork

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The wood stork occurs and breeds in Central and South America. Since 2004, the three-year averages (2003 to 2012) for nesting pairs ranged from 7,086 to 10,147, all above the 6,000 three-year average identified in the 1997 recovery plan as the threshold to consider reclassifying the species to threatened status.

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It’s time for a new understanding of tanagers

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Writing in the Journal of Avian Biology in 2003, Van Remsen theorized: [T]he bill may exert more influence on our cognitive perception because of its proximity to the bird’s face. Odd little grassquits singing from power lines in South America’s great cities. These are neither sparrows, nor finches, but tanagers.

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

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Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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Michael Kessler, born in Peru and currently working in Switzerland, has researched birds, plants, and overall biodiversity in Bolivia and South America, and, his bio says, fulfilled a lifelong dream by contributing his artwork.

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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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Each chapter focuses on a specific geographic area of penguin population: (1) Antarctica, (2) South Georgia, (3) Falkland Islands, (4) South Africa and Tristan de Cunha, (5) New Zealand and Australia, (6) South America and Galapagos. Davis and Martin Renner in 2003, appropriately titled Penguin s (Yale Univ.

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Bota Box: Nighthawk Black Red Wine Blend

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The Manteca, California company Bota Box is just one of many winemakers that have jumped on the boxed wine bandwagon, launching their brand in 2003 and growing ever since. And that’s what’s been happening for the last several years. Undoubtedly to some people the new cardboard container represents a vast improvement over tradition.

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Birder, Defined

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to South America that has brown shoulders and conspicuous white markings on the rump and tail”) notes that it was named for the American naturalist Edward Harris. Producing a dictionary, or a new edition of an existing dictionary, is a daunting task. Some entries include etymology (word history) information.

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