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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He is also a sculptor and a naturalist and has combined his observations with his art in past titles, notably House of Owls (2015), In the Company of Crows and Raven s (2005), and Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound (1982). Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!) I do wish he had included Fairywrens!

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Guide to the Birds of Honduras Translation Project

10,000 Birds

He has recorded over 20 new bird records for Honduras, dozens of new butterflies, new orchid records and even new species for science. In 2015, with my self- published Guide to the Birds of Honduras, I had the intent to simultaneously print it in Spanish. Good question and kind of hard to swallow. A worthwhile and commendable effort.

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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. The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. “Wait!” ” you’re probably saying. Another big year memoir?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. This week, Bon Appétit Management Company vowed that by 2015, none of the three million pounds of pork we serve a year (including 800,000 pounds of bacon) will come from hogs confined in gestation crates. BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va., JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.