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Bird Deaths in Washington DC Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program

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Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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Duck Migration

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• Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon.Or He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Conservation / Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas By Mike • March 16, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share The U.S. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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Cinnamon Teal at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

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As I quoted in my previous post on promoting a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp , by 2011 the number of hunters had grown to 13.7 million people observed, photographed, and otherwise appreciated waterfowl and spent $2 billion for the pleasure of doing it 2. million but the wildlife watchers have now reached 71.1

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! In 2011 they appeared all over Australia in much larger numbers than previously experienced and these unknown populations are always a pleasant surprise.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Let’s hear it for the return of the forest!

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

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As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect.

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