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Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of June 2012?

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Corey, of course, maintains an unswerving commitment to birding and will likely comb the coast of the NYC archipelago for stray shorebirds and vagrant albatrosses. A full week of phenomenal weekend demands tremendous focus! How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below!

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Red-necked Phalarope, Globetrotter Extraordinaire

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Scientists who attached tracking devices to 10 of the birds in 2012 were shocked to discover that one had flown west across the Atlantic Ocean, and eventually settled down on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in South America. Along the wayward route, the Phalarope made stops in Iceland, Greenland, the continental U.S.,

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Hope For Paws and Planet Blue

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The rescue group who helped Fiona, Hope for Paws, is teaming up with Planet Blue to help spread the word and raise awareness of the overwhelming population of stray dogs. The Details: Starts May 29, 2012. Ends June 8, 2012 at 12PM PST. How to enter: Go to Planet Blue’s Facebook Contest page.

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The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair With Nature

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From Terry Tempest William’s 1992 bombshell Refuge to Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 blockbuster Wild (now a major-ish motion picture!) The nature memoir – a blend of place-based writing with life story – has been having a “moment” that’s lasted two decades and counting. the hits keep coming.

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Animal Protective Association’s Harmony House for Cats

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Since 1970, Animal Protective Association’s Harmony House for Cats has rescued and rehabilitated stray and injured cats in a no-kill cageless environment. Opened in June 2012, the Eco-friendly Adoption Center showcases cats and kittens in Chicago’s greenest shelter. Harmony House for Cats new Net Zero Energy shelter.

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Fix Nation

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FixNation sterilizes more than 70 cats each day and will have successfully trapped, neutered and returned 80,000 cats by the summer of 2012. The group, founded in 2007, also provides a free, full-time spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats, plus low-cost, spay and neuter services for tame pet cats.

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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

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According to the Birds of the Western Palearctic , they will attack Ravens and Egyptian and Griffon Vultures if they stray too close to their nest sites, while ignoring buzzards harriers and kites. The population in Andalucia in 2012 was 5,057 pairs – over one third of the Spanish population.

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