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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The rest of Mexico is not included, nor is Hawaii (which isn’t in North America, after all, but has been accepted as part of the American Birding Association area). Press, 2011, cited as “RTP to Paul Brooks, March 6, 1945, Peterson Institute.” These are all informative and current. . Dunlap, Oxford Univ.

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Endangered Species Act: Potential Downlisting for Hawaiian Goose (nene)

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It contains numerous citations to the literature, as the process must be based on the best available science. In particular, a captive-breeding program (1960-2011) likely saved the species from imminent extinction (2,800 were released) and expanded the range of the species to islands where they had been extirpated.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded. 2011): 265-272. and Antony W.