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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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This chapter also covers vagrancy in social migrants, and why vagrancy is common in ‘obligate social navigators’ like geese and cranes, a thought which got me thinking of all the times I’ve searched for one Barnacle Goose amidst hundreds of Canada Geese. Next time, I’ll know why. It’s not always easy reading.

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

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©2012 Donna L. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. Dead birds are a part of the life of a birder, a feeder of birds, and of bird science. I’m not sure which format is the most affecting, probably both equally.)

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. The Sandhill Crane is no different than the Aleutian strain of Canada goose. Canada Geese and Crows can figure it out, so can Cranes.

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Rare Birds of North America: A Book Review

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Any doubt I had about the need for a book about rare birds in the United States And Canada were wiped out on a Sunday evening in early February with two birding friends. The authors set June/July 2011 as the cut-off date, and were able to add noteworthy records up to November 2012, the date the manuscript was sent to the publisher.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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