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

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The official Ontario bird checklist, produced by Ontario Field Ornithologists , June 2022 listed 506 bird species**, putting it in the top tier of U.S. Small Species Accounts: Each species is allotted one page (with certain exceptions) offering basics–bird names and size, one or two photographs, and a one-paragraph description.

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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. And each year, there are no more than five “eligible species” for the contest, and those are chosen from a larger list set forth in 50 CFR § 91.4.

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