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Pied Herons near Broome

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In 2017 we found a lone Pied Heron that had wandered south and then in 2018 more Pied Herons arrived after a decent amount of rain and included a rufous morph bird amongst the flock. When the small fish that are trying to cross the highway find the potholes in the bitumen they move into them.

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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The last full audit seems to have been in 2017 and the independent auditor’s report is alarming (emphasis added): “The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Association will continue as a going concern. Even with the auditor’s warning, it appears the ABA ran annual operating deficits in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

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Birding the Yinggehai Salt Flats, Hainan

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Even in January, the place is hot, humid, smelly (with dead fish being the dominant flavor, though there are also subtle undertones of other rotting things as well as chemicals), cramped, muddy, and full of plastic trash. ” (She then warns that this difference is not consistent).

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Bird Litigation: Is the Golden-cheeked Warbler Still Endangered?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. In 2017, the Texas General Land Office , a state agency charged with maximizing revenue derived from Texas public lands, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv. 1:17-cv-00538-SS (W.D.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. The first five chapters focus on natural history and evolutionary thought.

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Clark’s Nutcrackers at the Top of Rocky Mountain National Park

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In the fall of 2017, my mother and favorite birding buddy visited the mountains of Montana for a fishing trip. My husband and I had limited time to see the massive park, and, like my parents in Montana, a good portion of that would be devoted to fly-fishing. I’ve been dying to see one ever since.

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Saving Birds From Invasive … Plants?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). These efforts appear to be paying off–most of the mature Verbesina plants on one of the atoll’s islands are history, and officials expect full eradication from Midway by 2017. You’ve no doubt heard about birds being put at risk by nonnative cats, rats, and even goats. But plants?

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