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Big Years in 2013

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What records will fall in 2013? Periodically throughout 2013 we will check in with the folks we find doing big years to see how they are doing. Anyway, without further ado, here are the 2013 Big Year birders! Check out EPIC Big Year 2013. You can keep up with Matt at Canada Big Year 2013.

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2013 Big Year Update

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Now seems like a good time to look in on the birding big years happening in 2013 to see how folks are doing as they tear around their county or region or state or province or country trying to see as many birds as possible before 1 January 2014. He’s hoping to reach 300 species and blogging it at EPIC Big Year 2013.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! From Science Daily : Crows have the brain power to solve higher-order, relational-matching tasks, and they can do so spontaneously, according to new research.

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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! Winter has come early and often to Western NY. In the face of endless snow, all I want to do is seek shelter, warmth, and booze.

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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. 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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Are You Doing The Great Backyard Bird Count This Weekend?

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You really should participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count this coming weekend, 15-18 February 2013. What better way to enjoy birds than to do it while participating in a worldwide citizen science event? What are you waiting for? Head over to The Great Backyard Bird Count site to get started!

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

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The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).