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Black-throated Gray Warbler at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

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There are only two previous records, one from the Christmas Bird Count in 1991 and one from November of 2005, when I didn’t live in Queens and had just gotten into birding. Interestingly, I had made a brief attempt at the 2005 bird but my time was severely limited by Daisy’s family obligations and I dipped.

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Aging a thrush.

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A completely leucistic thrush had been recorded in the park in July 2005 and the observation had been written up in a far more formal style than you are likely to see from this blogger. noted that the bird from 2005 was to be found in a small area with a few conspecifics. There was one entry that particularly caught my attention.

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In 2005, a psychologist and an economist taught a group of monkeys the concept of money. Soon, the monkeys engaged in prostitution.

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Hawks At A Distance: A Timely Classic

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” In addition to Hawks At A Distance , Jerry Liguori wrote a complementary guide, Hawks from Every Angle: How to Identify Raptors In Flight (PUP, 2005) and was a co-author (with Richard Crossley and Brian L. He is also the author of my current favorite hawk book, Hawks From Every Angle: How To Identify Raptors In Flight (PUP, 2005).

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Australian White Ibis Survey 2013

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This bird “040″ had been banded at about 5 weeks old in 2005 and given a tag as an adult in 2008 within Centennial Park. You can report your sightings easily online. You may even see a tagged ibis, like we did on our trip to Sydney last year. Duncan saw Australian White Ibis ”001″ on his trip , so keep an eye out!

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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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This waiver provision was greatly expanded with the REAL ID Act , which Congress passed in 2005. Ashcroft , 2005 U.S. That law allowed the Attorney General (there was not yet a Department of Homeland Security) to waive ESA and NEPA requirements as to a portion of a border wall that was to be located near San Diego. Constitution. # # #.

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Australian White Ibis Survey

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This bird “040″ had been banded at about 5 weeks old in 2005 and given a tag as an adult in 2008 within Centennial Park. You can report your sightings easily online. You may even see a tagged ibis, like we did on our trip to Sydney earlier this year. Australian White Ibis “040″

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