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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? This is a project that clearly spanned decades. It’s a very mixed chapter. And for good reason.

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Should We Take the “Christmas” out of the Christmas Bird Count?

10,000 Birds

The oft-told tale of its start in 1900 as an alternative to the “side-hunt” which was itself a long tradition in many families warms many a birder’s heart. What’s not to like about citizen science, conservation, and transforming a day of slaughter into a day of enjoying being outside watching birds?