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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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Animal Help Now, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in Colorado in 2011. Harbor seal in Puget Sound, Seattle. You can post it on your local Internet bulletin board, and give it to the people who receive wildlife rescue calls but normally can’t help… your local town hall, police department, libraries, and hiking area staff.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of October 2011?

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Space Needle against the Seattle sky! Corey will be in the Albany area birding up his old haunts. Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend !

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of August 2011?

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Corey took this shot from the Seattle waterfront a. Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Enjoy beautiful skies over brilliant bodies of water.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of August 2011?

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Corey, on the other hand, will surely be too busy sorting through souvenirs and photos from Seattle to get out this weekend. Upstate New York hosts an epic annual event, so I might joust (see what I did there?) give it a whirl. Knowing him, though, you may want to keep an eye out for him anywhere in NYC a rare bird might turn up.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of August 2011?

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Corey is beseiging the birds of Seattle as we speak, and I’m enjoying the sight of Chimney Swifts swinging and swooping over the monuments and museums of Washington D.C. Here at 10,000 Birds, we believe in living the first week of August like it was our last. How about you?

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Finally Saw-Whet

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Finally Saw-Whet Finally Saw-Whet By Mike • March 13, 2011 • 11 comments Tweet Share Taking down a nemesis bird always takes a place of honor on any birder’s litany of triumphs. You got lucky this time.

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The Plume Hunter

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I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century.

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