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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part III (Finances)

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Thus, this post is educated guesswork from limited, albeit reliable, sources (tax forms and financial statements). The 2011 , 2012 , and 2013 Financial Statements continued to note the increasing deficiencies and continued to state that the ABA had essentially the same plan of action as listed in the 2010 statement.

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World Listening Day

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Did you know that today is 2011 World Listening Day , which happens to be the second annual World Listening Day? To be honest, I didn’t but listening has never been my strong suit anyway. Still, the concept in play here has relevance to bird watchers and nature lovers.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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The USFWS designated the whooping cranes in this population “nonessential and experimental.” Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Quick: what’s this?

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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. More important, they WANT your feedback!

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Ground Zero Hero

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Sarah also started the Search and Rescue Dog Foundation, www.sardogfoundation.org , which raises money to help handlers purchase replacement dogs, which cost between $1,500 and $6,500. Finding One Another seeks to educate the public and raise funds to support the needs of the search-and-rescue field.

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Rev. Bachman’s Lost Warbler

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… This post originally appeared on 10,000 Birds on 10 May 2011 during Wood-Warbler Week. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Bachman’s story is fascinating in itself. And that’s a comforting bit of irony that anyone can appreciate. What a horror!