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Clare M’s 2013 Year List

10,000 Birds

This is an industrial town 850kms (530 miles) to the south of Broome and we don’t have particularly high hopes for seeing many birds that we don’t have in Broome, but we will try! This was last updated January 4th 2013. All of our sightings last year were on mainland Australia, but who knows what this year might bring!

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Paradise Regained

10,000 Birds

I was just getting back into birding, and had only gone to some urban sites, during 2012 and 2013. But when on June 23, 2013 I decided to follow a road just to see where it led, and it led to Pino Real, it was the first in a whole chain of exciting site discoveries. No doubt, my low expectations were key. “Say what?”

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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

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Ears filled with birdsong and no industrial hum? Many moons ago, when I used to work in the (supposedly) booming petrochemical industry in Trinidad, most of my time was actually spent birding. Many moons ago, when I used to work in the (supposedly) booming petrochemical industry in Trinidad, most of my time was actually spent birding.

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

10,000 Birds

And, few insights into the economic side of what is essentially a profitable industry. Each decade of the 20th century is then explored, taking a close look at the development of wild bird feeding as an industry and a hobby, grounding trends within larger world events. But, not a lot of information about how this national passion (52.8

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Astonishing Move By UK Government to Control Buzzards

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You could raise both, given that there are 40 million Pheasants released in the UK each year and previous research by the industry’s own science lobby (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust) had found little evidence of raptor take (0.6% of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases). In the 21st century this is truly outrageous. … a.

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The Cutting Edge II: Hummingbird Feeders

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The Woodstream Corporation has a number of brands, one of which is Perky-Pet , a major player in the bird feeding industry. 8,522,717 is titled “Top-Fill Hummingbird Feeder,” and it was issued in September 2013. What kinds of patents are being sought in the niche field of hummingbird feeders?

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How Many Birders Are There, Really? (Updated)

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Based on these numbers, FWS estimated that birder spending on equipment and travel generated nearly $96 billion in total industry output, 782,000 jobs, and $17 billion in tax revenue. There were similar FWS studies using similar methodologies with similar findings in 2003 , 2007 , and 2013. That’s a lot of birding.

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