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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part III (Finances)

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From 2005-2007, the ABA had a relatively healthy balance sheet, with net assets of approximately $1.0M. The 2011 , 2012 , and 2013 Financial Statements continued to note the increasing deficiencies and continued to state that the ABA had essentially the same plan of action as listed in the 2010 statement.

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Pied Oystercatcher breeding season 2018

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The Pied Oystercatcher sitting on eggs in the header photo has used that particular area of Cable Beach just north of the rocks since 2008 and the pair has only successfully raised one chick and that was in 2012. Each year we hope for anther success, but so far it has not happened. Pied Oystercatcher nest.

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Peterson Guide to Bird Identification—In 12 Steps: A Book Review

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In the four-part ABA Blog series on subspecies , published in 2012, he argued we know too little about subspecies to use the term, and that birders should “show the characters of humility” and adapt alternative ways of articulating geographic differences. He is also a tour leader and has written a popular book on flying fish.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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.* NYC Monk Parakeet colonies can be found in Whitestone and Howard Beach, Queens; in Brooklyn, notably Greenwood Cemetery and Brooklyn College; and in the Bronx, notably Pelham Bay Park, where Mike saw them in 2005 , and City Island. The origin story of this invasive species in New York City is uncertain. Urban Ecosystems , Sept.

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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England: A Field Guide Review by an Aspiring Naturalist

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The Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England is the latest addition to the series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (originally called Focus Guides, the name was changed in 2005). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Eaton, Eric H. Snyder, Ken Keffer, and john Sawvel. 416 pages, illustrated, paperback (flexicover), $20.00.

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

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I was surprised, however, that there is no mention of one of the dark spots in bird feeding history, the highly publicized application of toxic insecticides to Scott’s Miracle-Gro bird seed from 2005 to 2008 and the accompanying falsification of documents to hide it. million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014.

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Still the Same Hawk: A Review of a Book about Nature and New York by a Native New Yorker

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This is probably due to the book’s origin as a conference on “Why Nature Matters to New Yorkers”, held in 2005 at the City University of New York. Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2012. But, the essays are too varied in tone and content, and in some cases lack the depth necessary to achieve this level of intellectual influence.

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