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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y., A writing professor at Bard College, Rogers has edited and written a number of book about women’s experiences in the outdoors even before she became a birder, including her memoir My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir (2011).

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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By Corey • March 18, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds. What is the National Bird of Honduras? Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Wicked, right?

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

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By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Not sure what that is.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

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We now know a lot more, and the following information is largely based on the excellent work of our local bird data compiler Armin Konrad , who was amongst the first to notice the die-off in the first place and was also instrumental in coordinating the surveys and research that finally led to the identification of the culprit!

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Your Best Birds of the Year for 2012

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On this final day of 2012 it is time, just like it was on the final days of 2010 and 2011 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. After lazing in the heat I decided to visit the forest pools one last time, hoping for another sighting of Hartlaub’s Duck or White-bellied Kingfisher. Isaac, my local guide was hesitantly following.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. Press, 2011, cited as “RTP to Paul Brooks, March 6, 1945, Peterson Institute.” The grand total is 817 species! These are all informative and current. Dunlap, Oxford Univ.