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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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By Mike • March 7, 2011 • 5 comments Tweet Share I bet you do! Mixed macaws in flight (c) Tim Ryan Chris wanted me (and you) to know about Fauna Forever Tambopata (FFT), a long-term wildlife, ecotourism and biodiversity monitoring project based in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. That could be you!

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press. July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Florida, Of Thee I Sing

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Phoebe, Liam and I went down to work (and play) in January 2011 at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival , and it was the highlight of our winter. When the fish rise to investigate, a split-second snap of the bill captures a meal. For more tantalizing glimpses of Florida wildlife, see my blogposts about it all.

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

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The second edition, with the slightly different title Birds of Trinidad & Tobago , was published in London in 2011. The 2011 edition of the Kenefick book, the one with the green-bordered cover, can also be purchased through Buteo Books, the Book Depository and a couple of other online booksellers. by Martyn Kenefick, Robin L.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The good news is that Kirtland’s Warbler numbers are up, 1,828 singing males counted in the 2011 census. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Rapai also accompanies an experienced volunteer on the annual Kirtland’s Warbler Census.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Over the course of nearly 15 years, James Paruk of the Biodiversity Research Institute and his colleagues used a combination of methods to investigate winter site fidelity at four locations across North America and found that birds had an 85% chance of returning to a site in subsequent years. Here’s one of the maps from that paper: *FIGURE 1.

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“Valley of the Wild Geese”: Glengoyne 15 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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So, “glen” is easy enough, but unless you’re well versed in Scots Gaelic toponyms, decoding the names of the many “Glen-” whiskies out there in full requires a bit more investigation.

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