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

10,000 Birds

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). in 2011*) came about.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

10,000 Birds

Over two years (2011 and 2012), scientists captured 50 birds and successfully transported them from Niho to Laysan. No birds died during the translocation and the one-year survival rate was 58% in the 2011 and 96% in the 2012. The photos are from the USFWS Flickr album of the initial translocation in 2011. 2011): 265-272.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

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Spring 2011. Headquartered in Brussels, Mars Petcare produces brands such as PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, SHEBA®, CESAR®, ROYAL CANIN®, NUTRO®, GREENIES®, KITEKAT®, CHAPPI®, and CATSAN®. The WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition provides the science behind our leading petcare brands. Chicago – The Hastings Lake YMCA, October 23.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Interestingly, Chestnut-collared Longspur does appear under its brand-new official name, Thick-billed Longspur, though the description underneath uses the old name. Press, 2011, cited as “RTP to Paul Brooks, March 6, 1945, Peterson Institute.” Dunlap, Oxford Univ.