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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of February 2015?

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The GBBC stands as one of the most important and easy international citizen science initiatives. I plan to check out my mother-in-law’s rural feeders, which are far more productive than my suburban ones. Just pay attention to a patch or yard for a few days and log your sightings. Get involved!

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

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How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). Texas A&M University Press, 2015.

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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As 2015 comes to a close and birders the world over start thinking about what 2016 will bring we here at 10,000 Birds would like to take a moment to celebrate our best birds of 2015. Each Beat Writer was given the opportunity to share their Best Bird of the Year for 2015 and, as usual, we had some pretty solid birds.

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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. However, this law has had little effect on curbing the illegal trapping. The competition raised over $50,000 for this very important cause.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 06 Jan 2018.

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