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The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico

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And, ominously, there have only been three records on eBird of Black-bellied Plovers , once a regular visitor to Cuitzeo, for the entire central Mexican highlands since 2017. Mexico need much more citizen science, and there are far too few people doing it here. Willets and Marbled Godwits , while rare, can turn up in any winter month.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of December 2017)

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With only a few weeks left before we turn the page on 2017, birders around the world have been burning their proverbial candles at both ends to observe as many birds as possible. I have to admit that I abstained from the CBC this year, prizing personal comfort over citizen science. Sign me up for a Memorial Day Bird Count any year!

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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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He noted that this new bird had longer bills and “darker loral and auricular regions” than the mainland Brown-headed Nuthatch, and collected two of them for science. He gave one to his home institution, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and the other to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

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The Most Popular Videos on Our YouTube Channel in 2017

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Edwards Deming: The 14 Points : 46,000 views in 2017 (added 3 years ago – 106,000 total views all time). The most popular video posted in 2017 was Deming 101 – Curiosity, Learning, Knowledge, and Improvement by Tim Higgins: 800 views. Edwards Deming Institute You Tube channel in the last year. Those with W.

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The most important book about European birds in this century

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Still, to be more realistic, there were 120,000 volunteer fieldworkers from all countries in Europe to collect data on 596 breeding bird species from across 48 countries and 11 million square kilometres in a systematic and standardised manner – one of the biggest citizen science projects on biodiversity ever.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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The diverse range of vagrancy factors dips into related sciences–earth science and magnetic fields, geography and climate, dispersion and evolution–that may not be familiar to readers with little science background. It’s not always easy reading.

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Guide to the Birds of Honduras Translation Project

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He has recorded over 20 new bird records for Honduras, dozens of new butterflies, new orchid records and even new species for science. They hope to have a working draft completed by the end of 2017. Robert arrived in Honduras with Peace Corps in 1993 and has been a resident ever since. Once finished they can go to print.

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