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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

10,000 Birds

In addition to their homing tendency, breeding swallows are attracted to old nests. In California, the Cliff Swallows usually arrive in February so the agency in charge of enforcing these laws, the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), considers February 15th to September 1st the swallow nesting season. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJma0Szy8R8

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Thrashing XXX

10,000 Birds

Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures. at Princeton University in 1990. Jochen Mar 8th, 2011 at 6:53 pm Haaaaa! Thanks for visiting!

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

10,000 Birds

Here’s hoping this bird makes it back to its home turf to breed and comes back to spend another winter in New York State! Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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