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

10,000 Birds

Two maps of the northwest Bronx and adjacent Yonkers, one from 1891 and one from 2015, pp. “Wait!” ” you’re probably saying. “Let’s back up a little. This is a book about the Bronx?!” ” This makes a lot more sense once you know a little more about the area and its history.

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Champions of the Flyway – the Dakar Rally of Birding

10,000 Birds

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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