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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. The seal hunters accidentally introduced mice to Marion, as was the case for many islands around the world.

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You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

10,000 Birds

Paving of the road across the Reva Pond started and was abandoned several months later: only the sidewalk was paved. Protection of the area is far more important than my personal birding needs (my birding obsession, to be honest, addiction even). Cover photo : White Hunter Black Heart, 1990. Yet, the site is quite ruined.

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

10,000 Birds

He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. The mental pictures it makes are better than any movie.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Jonas D’Abronzo.