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

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of December 2013)

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To all you hardy naturalists who have already logged Christmas Bird Count hours in service to citizen science, I salute you! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Winter has come early and often to Western NY. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of February 2013)

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This, the weekend of the Great Backyard Bird Count , is one of those times: tell us how you contributed to citizen science. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. But, every so often, the call is sounded, and the sharpest eyes and ears on the planet are pressed into service.

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The Most Popular Videos on Our YouTube Channel in 2017

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The Red Bead Experiment with Dr. W. Lessons from the Red Bead Experiment with W. Red Bead Experiment (a longer video than the excerpts from this that are listed above): 2,100 views (2 years – 5,300). Deming 101: Understanding Systems by Ian Bradbury at the 2013 Deming Conference: (4 years – 3,100 views).

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Flock to Marion

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Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ’ What was left to write about? ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

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Savanna Nightjars prove that growing old is a process of becoming increasingly disillusioned

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My life experience allows for a generally calm and balanced demeanor. I know for a fact that science is correct in stating that they don’t suck the milk of goats. Then again, science is definitely wrong in stating that goatsuckers have legs. This sounds – and is – dark. They don’t, and I know it.

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