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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario covers 311 species (publicity material says 310, probably because Alder and Willow Flycatchers share one page), birds that author Chris Earley says, “are seen in the province most regularly” (p. 2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2020, 368 pages. He wanted to do research that would have a conservation impact. And he hated being in larch bogs, the habitat of the Hooded Crane. by Jonathan C.

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Bird Litigation:  Greater Sage-Grouse and Oil and Natural Gas Leases

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In February 2020, the court entered summary judgment against the government, finding that the BLM “instruction memorandum” was invalid. Zinke , 2020 WL 959242 (D. Idaho 2020) (summary judgment). It can only be granted if the plaintiff shows a probability of prevailing on the merits and irreparable harm.) Zinke , 336 F.Supp.3d

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

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For example, the process applies to, among other things, the listing (and delisting) of species under the Endangered Species Act and interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The comment period closed on March 16, 2020. The online public comment process is quick and easy.

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