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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Baby Boom … in Great Britain?

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As a backup plan, researchers captured some Spoonies in Siberia in 2011 and brought them to England , where they’ve been raised at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. Two different females among the captive group have laid eggs , and scientists are keeping a watchful eye on a few others.

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

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in 2011*) came about. Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in.

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Common Gallinule, the lost Moorhen

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I felt like I needed to do some research into why this change occurred. David J Ringer , on January 11th, 2011 wrote a story called Moorhen Mania: Splitting and renaming of the Common Moorhen. These birds have been known to be prolific breeders, with as many as 8 broods a year, and each clutch holding from 5-13 eggs.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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Aerial view of the scale of the clean-up operation 6 January, 2011 The White House oil commission concludes that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of systematic management failure at BP, Transocean and Halliburton. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The second edition, with the slightly different title Birds of Trinidad & Tobago , was published in London in 2011. How could I, the librarian, end up with an outdated field guide? Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.

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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.” Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. These are all informative and current. Dunlap, Oxford Univ.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. Nicole Mar 11th, 2011 at 10:49 pm I’ve always like the Collared doves. Carrie Mar 13th, 2011 at 1:26 pm @Will: I was curious about that myself.

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