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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. Schulman, 2010. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK.

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An End to Japanese Whaling?

Critter News

I seriously doubt it, despite the Greenpeace report in Wildlife Extra News. Tags: Japan hunting greenpeace whaling. It's too much a matter of international pride. (I I know, I know, I'm always a pessimist.but I'm so good at it!)

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

10,000 Birds

Mixed macaws in flight (c) Tim Ryan Chris wanted me (and you) to know about Fauna Forever Tambopata (FFT), a long-term wildlife, ecotourism and biodiversity monitoring project based in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. FFT runs almost entirely from the help and financial support of volunteers from around the globe.

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On Foundation Beyond Belief

Animal Person

For the first quarter of 2010, Wildlife Trust is the beneficiary. The only problem for me is that I already do my research and choose my groups, and though that takes a lot of time it's important to me so I allocate that time. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Religion. Just a thought.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

10,000 Birds

Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Get yours today!

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A Problem with Gulls

10,000 Birds

Gulls in Larnaca, taken 22/02/2010 by ©Stavros Christodoulides Recognizing that gull identification is confusing doesn’t help your average birdwatcher however. This clearly showed Mayr’s grandeur: very shortly before he passed away at the age of 100, he saw one of his most important research hypotheses proven wrong.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Here are some of the questions that were running through my mind as I read Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl : (a) Is ornithological research always this dangerous? (b) He wanted to do research that would have a conservation impact. Slaght provides funding from research grants.

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