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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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In 2012 , the NFC revised some of its goals and set forth a new vision of waterfowl management that emphasized a core of hunter and conservationist supporters. A core portion of the birdwatcher survey involved discrete choice experiments (DCEs). Broadly speaking, they were not.) But only 13% purchased a Duck Stamp. “A

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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per cent of individuals of a species at a given time” and a vagrant bird as a bird that shows up outside of this range (p. The accounts cover vagrancy patterns for the family as a whole, reasons for vagrancy, documented examples of vagrancy for specific species and reasons that might account for those incidents.

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Gantheaume Point shorebirds

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I will also give you the link here for 2017 in case you are reading this next year or want to plan a trip for next year! From our experience the greatest risk is when the shorebirds take off in a panic flight and clip each other’s wings and several fall into the sea.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. And, then there are the more familiar birds–Wood-warblers, sandpipers, hawks–some species migrants, some species with a wide range. Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Other papers are locked behind paywalls.) That research ultimately led to an article about the conservation efforts regarding the Laysan Duck in the June 2017 issue of Birding. Over two years (2011 and 2012), scientists captured 50 birds and successfully transported them from Niho to Laysan. It is all business. and Antony W.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago covers 1,417 species, 601 endemics, 98 vagrants, 8 introduced and 18 undescribed species. And, there is A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia: Second Edition by Morten Strange (2012). Co-author Frank E. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

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Guide to the Birds of Honduras: A Book Review

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A friend of 10,000 Birds, he talked to Corey about his mission to create this guide in 2012 and wrote about his goal to create a Spanish-language version of the guide in 2017. Species Accounts. The Species Accounts are arranged in a rough AOS taxonomic order. Europe, and Honduras itself.

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