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Snowy Owl Ethics

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He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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June 9, 2015 – It’s deja vu all over again. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. The 900 acre Maquam bog is designated as a Research Natural Area and the refuge was designated as an Important Bird Area in partnership with the Audubon Society.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Two maps of the northwest Bronx and adjacent Yonkers, one from 1891 and one from 2015, pp. They wrote books and published research. It will chiefly be of interest to birders who bird the Bronx and to ornithologists and researchers in related fields who plan to study the birds of New York City or do comparable studies.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. These categories include family visits; professional research and professional meetings; educational activities; religious activities; and humanitarian projects. by Nils Navarro.

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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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Interestingly, the first description of a nest of Whitehead’s Spiderhunter was only published in 2015. ” Little research seems to have been done on many of the birds of Mount Kinabalu. So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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The archipelago consists of 17,000 islands stretching out over 2500 miles along the Equator with a varied history of avian research and study, most on the under- or not-studied side. So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago? It includes articles by the authors too, in case you want to read more of their work.

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Champions of the Flyway – the Dakar Rally of Birding

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The 31 teams, 15 of them international and 16 local, set out as the clock struck midnight on March 24th, 2015 to scour the southern part of Israel for as many bird species as possible. Since 1974 it has been illegal to harvest birds there with mist-nets and limesticks. The competition raised over $50,000 for this very important cause.

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