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Returning to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

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The summer of 2019 will forever be defined by my move to Tallahassee. A raccoon investigates crabs on the mud flats. Though only three hours from my previous hometown, this relocation was still characterized by the endless sifting through things (do I take this? do I leave that?), Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The best part?

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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There are many strands that make up the scientific investigations into the question, “Where do the birds go?” Two of these books do cover some of the topics explored in Flight Paths ( A World on the Wing and Songbird Journeys ). I do not think we have solved the mystery of bird migration.

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Empty Pied Oystercatcher nests

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Last week I introduced you to the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2019 and so far they are surviving. We quickly investigated once the Brahminy Kite had moved through and discovered two eggs laid on the top of the cliff. Sadly this is rarely the case along our coastline here in Broome.

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Bird Litigation: Hindsight and the California Condor

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Ultimately, history appears to support FWS: the Condor Recovery Program has indeed avoided extinction of the species and there are now three populations: California, Arizona/Utah, and Baja California, with the prospect of another in the Pacific Northwest by 2019. Audubon explains its role in the recovery program and litigation here.)

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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My surprise at reading such a detailed account (I don’t have Klem’s dissertation in front of me, but I’m imagining this is a more personal retelling) was tempered by the thought that Klem wasn’t describing any old research, this was the FIRST research project investigating why birds fly into glass. by Daniel Klem, Jr.,

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Please Don’t Ask for an Aztec

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In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). Only the 2017 and 2019 sighting were in the same general area; although the first sighting there was of a family unit, and the second was of a single bird.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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2019), and now this book. We then switch to Andy McWilliam, a genial investigator with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, who combines the skill of a life doing police work with a deep appreciation for the importance of Great Britain’s wildlife laws. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan.

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