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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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According to eBird , I have been an eBirder since December 23, 2009, so today is my 10th eBird anniversary. Of course, my Profile Page allows me to see this information in yet another way, via a color-coded map that allows me to look globally, by country, by state, and by county. and Canada. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5.

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Hill’s PetFit Challenge

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In an industry first, Hill’s Science Diet Weight Loss System offers pre-packaged meals for your dog! And just for fun, here are some interesting facts: o In the United States there are a total of 77.5 of Dogs and Cats in the United States are either overweight or obese[2]. million dogs and 93.6

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

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How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

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From Today's New York Times

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Regardless of what we choose to eat, doing so will reduce our dietary carbon footprint by half because “about half of the food produced in the United States is thrown away.” 2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. Toney Union, N.J., Lois Bloom Easton, Conn.,

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

5, 2009 To the Editor: I ate my last hamburger last night. 4, 2009 To the Editor: Your otherwise impressive article did not mention irradiation, the only reliable method of eliminating E. 5, 2009 The writer worked from 1978 to 1990 at Consumers Union as a health and science writer for Consumer Reports Magazine.

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

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Lovich is a government scientist, Research Ecologist and Co-Deputy Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Drylands Branch, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. He has written several books, including Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd ed. , (with Carl H. Press, 2009). Geological Survey. Ernst, Johns Hopkins Univ.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009? A species which has been hunted in the United States for the last 50 years (and in spite of your assertion that hunting has somehow damaged midcontinent populations 2009 saw the highest count on record). From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

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