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New Iberia Inspection Documents Available

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What the documents show # A USDA inspection on Feb. A routine USDA inspection in September 2008 found the center in compliance. # I found them here. 18 focusing on allegations by Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) found the center in compliance. # A 2006 inspection found no problems. USDA inspections dated July 19, 2005 and Dec.

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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Although Henslow’s had been reliably found in nearby Sharon Springs for many years, the last documented sighting was in 2008, and the sighting startled longtime birders, waking them up to the fact that breeding sites in the state were rapidly being lost. In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y.,

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

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Note that I only have access to public documents, and I am not accountant. The revenue-expenses divergence resulted in several years of negative net income, from 2008 to 2010. Additionally, I was curious how the ABA arrived at its precarious financial position, so I did some historical research and decided to share the results.

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Garganey in Australia

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The first record of the Eurasian Hoopoe in Australia was well documented in 2011. There had also been an increase in bird numbers since the previous survey in 2008/2009 and the number of birds had doubled.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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2008 and this video recommended by the Ted Talk people: The Early Birdwatchers ), or the social behavior of Common Guillemots (what we North Americans call Common Murres) ( Bird Sense: What it Is Like to Be a Bird , 2012).

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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. Scott’s was fined $12.5 The writers have created a good book.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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Back in October 2008, in his first field job out of school, he helped a Cornell PhD student, Karl, with his dissertation on vocal communication in Green-rumped Parrotlets Forpus passerinus. I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world.

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