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New Iberia Inspection Documents Available

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What the documents show # A USDA inspection on Feb. A 2006 inspection found no problems. A 2006 inspection found no problems. I found them here. 18 focusing on allegations by Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) found the center in compliance. # A routine USDA inspection in September 2008 found the center in compliance. #

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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The book was originally published in 2006 as Galápagos: A Natural History with John Kricher as the sole author. I don’t have a copy of the 2006 edition, but I was able to read selected pages via Google Books. copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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His adventures were first documented (to my knowledge) for the birding public in Miyoko Chu’s in Songbird Journeys (2006). The Notes document facts, quotes, and sources in the text and are listed by chapter, page and phrase. But there are no indications that these notes exist in the text itself.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

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The first detection outside Africa occurred in Vienna/Austria between 2001 and 2006. It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009). The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years.

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Evening Grosbeaks Really Do Exist

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Luckily the bird stuck around and was documented by several able observers. But between 1988 and 2006, Project Feedwatch showed a fifty-percent decline in Evening Grosbeak sightings. We flipped through the field guide together, and he pointed out the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. This fueled my ambitions to see more and more new birds.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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The bird today is documented physically by only a single specimen (a second was lost), but where the specimens were collected — and therefore where this species actually lived before its extinction — is unknown. A new paper this year ( Heupink et al. Tongan Tooth-billed Pigeon ( Didunculus placopedetes ).

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

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And, then there is a Hybrid Gulls chapter, covering five well-documented hybrids. Twenty are gulls likely to be seen in North America; these are divided into three chapters: (1) Small to Medium-sized Gulls and Hooded Gulls, (2) Gray-backed White-headed Gulls, and (3) Large Dark-backed Gulls.