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Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West

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It was July of 2012. In October of 2012, the Institute for Bird Populations released “ A Conservation Strategy for the Black-Backed Woodpecker in California 3.” I arrived at Lassen Volcanic National Park around 7:00 a.m. It was a cool 48 degrees. What I found was more than I could possibly hope for. Siegel and, D.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada (Univ. of Nevada Press, 2007) features a cover by David Sibley. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. There is a tradition of combining breeding bird atlases with bird art. of New Mexico Press, 2005). Geoff Malosh, Photo Editor; Catherine D. Dimensions: 12.3

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The Feathery Tribe: A Book Review

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The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. Yale University Press, 2012. Ridgway himself had 23 species, 10 subspecies, and two genera of birds named for him, including Ridgway’s Hawk.) What bird books did you read during and after Hurricane Sandy?

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Laws Guide to Drawing Birds

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In June 2012, I had the great fortune to visit Trinidad and Tobago in a group that included birder and artist Matthew Dodder. Matthew began birding (and drawing birds) as a boy in Boston, during the Great Blizzard of 1977. But what if one needed to draw a Diving Duck and not a Mallard , or compose a bird not shown in the book at all…?

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. The end of the year is nigh and birders the world over are looking over their checklists and reminiscing about their amazing sightings and devastating dips.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Nevada Drive. Lesser White-fronted Goose – Anser erythropus. Lake Kerkini-east side–from Limnochori to Megalochori. 01 Jan 2018. Pink-footed Goose – Anser brachyrhynchus. 17 Dec 2018. Brant – Branta bernicla. Broad Channel. 06 Jan 2018. Cackling Goose – Branta hutchinsii. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018. Central Park.

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