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

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In particular, it appears that expenses were increased in response to what turned out to be a one-year revenue spike in 2007. One cause of the post-2007 revenue decline may have been the Great Recession. From 2005-2007, the ABA had a relatively healthy balance sheet, with net assets of approximately $1.0M.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2020)

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Of the three, Eared Grebe is far-and-away the best, as it has been since 2007 since Corey last saw one in Queens. Corey had an excellent weekend’s birding, adding three species to his year list for Queens, Eared Grebe , Tundra Swan , and Red-shouldered Hawk. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

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For almost 20 years during which the League for Ornithological Action had been following the Pygmy Cormorant in Belgrade, the maximum number was recorded in the winter of 2007/2008, when the population counted 6,728 individuals.

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Where have they gone?

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I subsequently helped with The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland (1986), The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991 , and most recently Bird Atlas 2007-11. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland.

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Responsible Birding in Colombia with Jaguarundi Travel

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Around the year of 2007, I was working in the field living with various local communities and understanding their needs, while at the same time mass international tourism was starting in Colombia.

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

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Dyer spent many years working on these illustrations; the Preface notes that he visited Costa Rica and other Central American countries annually between 2007 and 2016. © 2007, 2014 text Richard Garrigues, © 2007, 2014 illustrations Marc Roegiers and John K. Sullivan, 2015), Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: East Coast (with Brian L.

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What Now?

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As my long-time fans may remember, back in 2007 – which is to say, more than a decade ago, and YES I am dying a little inside at that realization – I dipped on the Coney Island Creek Western Reef Heron , a major rarity from another continent that was seen by pretty much every other birder on the eastern seaboard.

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