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What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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By Corey • March 4, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share The Mute Swan Cygnus olor became the national bird of Denmark in 1984, replacing the Skylark Alauda arvensis. Corey Mar 5th, 2011 at 7:28 am @Clare: Does Australia have a national bird for the whole country? Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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

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FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. Of the 169 books and articles listed, 120, 70%, were published between 2011 and 2022.) The photographs are actually in color in my Kindle edition but reproduced in black-and-white on the book’s Amazon page.

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Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

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Sadly, this population too went into a steep decline until only 57 animals were left in Germany in 1997, raising fears about their imminent extinction in the country. Through intensive conservation management however, this downwards trend was halted and the population stabilized at more or less 100 bustards until 2011.

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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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The good news is that Kirtland’s Warbler numbers are up, 1,828 singing males counted in the 2011 census. Charles Pease shot the bird in northeastern Ohio, and gave it to his father-in-law, Jared Kirtland, one of those 19th century men who was a master multitasker–physician, horticulturist, legislator, zoologist.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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I discovered very much by accident that questions have been raised by British birders about the accuracy of some of the book’s photographs; this is the to-do at Birdfair I referred to in the beginning of the review. as Birds of Europe, 2nd edition (PUP, 2011). Is the bird pictured what the caption says it is?

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Shades of the Sunshine State

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2) The Bunting Surprise Painted Bunting, photo by Nate Swick My in-laws got a time-share on a golf course in Orlando and we headed down there for a week in the spring of 2011. I raised my binoculars, confirmed the ID, and the bird bolted. Turns out their probably is, as the trail’s namesake was nowhere to be seen.

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