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Rice Ain’t Necessarily Nice for Wintering Bobolinks

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With this latest research in hand, advocacy organizations can work to reduce rice-related threats to Bobolinks wintering in South America. Rice farmers may use pesticides, or other methods to prevent the birds from eating their crops, further hastening the decline of the species. Bobolink photo courtesy of R.M. Jensen/ The Condor.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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What are the best field guides for birds in North America? Grade: A. # # # Query: What are the best field guides for birds in North America? There are several highly regarded field guides for birds in North America that are widely recommended by birders and ornithologists. What is a “nemesis bird” in birding?

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One Year Under El Jefferino

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Here’s hoping his tenure as president is long and fruitful and that the ABA continues with its excellent social media presence, wonderful print publications, and advocacy for birds and birders. This interview was conducted over email. What is the proper way of addressing you? Your eminence? Grand Poobah? El presidente?

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

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I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy. The final chapter gives some insight into Chris’s life post-Central-Park-incident.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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Johnson is not a birder or a naturalist; he was fly fishing to get his mind off the stress of working on the List Project, an advocacy organization he founded to aid Iraqis who had helped the U.S. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.