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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

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He should not be confused with Stewart Traill (1936–2018), the founder of a cult-like group of evangelical Christians, the Church of Bible Understanding. A 2004 paper looking at the conflict between this owl and cold-water fish farmers in Taiwan found that owls were an issue at a quarter of the farms observed.

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The Swallow-tailed Kites in Florida Are Now Heading South…

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A friend of mine told me, she has been seeing small groups of Swallow-tailed Kites ( Elanoides furficatus ) in the general area; in south Florida. In about a week after the last count, no kite will be seen at or near the roost (Meyer 2004). This happened two days ago and I said to myself, I can’t believe August is here.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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The inside front covers are the start of four-page pictorial guides to bird families/groups and the pages where they can be found, a quick, easy entry to the identification process (see image above). The Species Accounts follow the ‘modern guide’ format, with illustrations clearly labeled and arranged in species groupings.

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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In 2004 – more than 20 years later – the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) had to sue EPA in order to get them to do anything about it. Three companies refused to comply: Reckitt Benckiser, Liphatech, and Spectrum Group. Four years later, EPA gave poison manufacturers three more years (are you adding this all up?)

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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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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Whooping Crane Ancestry

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Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. Over a decade from 1993 to 2004, conservationists released 289 captive-raised Whooping Cranes into Osceola, Lake and Polk counties in Central Florida. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!

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Another Research Company Accused of Animal Mistreatment

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Animal welfare watchdog group, Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), has released documents which, it claims, provide evidence that CRO MPI Research has been operating in violation of the US Animal Welfare Act. For the full story, go here to outsourcing-pharma.com.

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