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Red-necked Stint with a Japanese flag

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I also have a Grey-tailed Tattler that visits us and was marked with a plain white and an engraved blue flag “35″ in Taiwan in August 2012. I first observed it on 28th November 2012 and it left us and headed north to return to the exact same place to be observed on 19th November 2013.

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Saving Birds From Invasive … Plants?

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In the case of Midway, a National Wildlife Refuge , the offending species is Golden Crownbeard ( Verbesina enceliolides ) , an innocuous-looking flower that’s native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Between 2012 and 2013, populations of Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses at Midway reached near-record levels.

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Birds Threatened by Asiatic Sand Sedge Invasion on Long Island

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Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. As with many invasive species, there were unforeseen consequences to the proliferation of the plants. Plants Asiatic Sand Sedge invasive species Invasive Species Week Long Island'

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A Grey-tailed Tattler flagged In Taiwan returns annually

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They are in large flocks when they roost of several thousand birds, but often they will roost among their own species. These two species are renowned for preferring to lie flat on the wet sand once the tide drops rather than stand around waiting for the tide to drop. Grey-tailed Tattler “35” in 2012.

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