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Emerald Ash Borers vs. Woodpeckers (and Nuthatches)

10,000 Birds

And with no natural predators or resistant trees in their adopted territory, things have been looking pretty grim. Another paper recently published in Forest Ecology and Management documented that EAB predators’ behavior matches their growing numbers. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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It will be interesting to see if the proposal is adopted and this guide becomes the first to employ the new official usage, or if it sparks other bird guide authors to revolt against the system. I simply think it is confusing to the user to have them listed in the Table of Contents but not individually in the Introduction.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And when writing a field guide, it is accepted practice to adopt one of the above and to stick to it, with any questions or disagreements safely ensconced in the text, not in an actual change of species. I’m not saying this is good or bad, I do appreciate the careful documentation of the taxonomic notes and other materials.

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Lessons Learned, The Finale

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Also, four years ago you couldn't put a Google search button on your blog to search only the contents of your blog. Otherwise you'd create a word document on your computer and enter your posts in that instead of on a platform designed for anyone in the world who has access to the Internet to see.

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Antpittas and Gnateaters: A Book Review

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This range of illustration continues throughout the 24 plates, reflecting, I assume, what has been documented and not documented for each species and the degree of difference between sexes and amongst subspecies. This is particularly true when it comes to sorting out subspecies. Organization.

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