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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part II (Some Suggestions)

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In my view, the ABA should strongly consider: (1) becoming more welcoming to new birders, and (2) increasing and formalizing ABA advocacy on issues relevant to birders. * * *. Of course, it should include an offer to join the ABA, perhaps at a discounted rate. Secondly, the ABA should increase and formalize its advocacy for birders.

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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009

Critter News

Humane Society University is the first institution in the nation to offer bachelor degree programs in animal studies and the first in the world to offer a bachelor's degree in animal policy and advocacy. The degrees are designed to educate students to qualify them for employment with one of the more than 17,000 U.S.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was not only a bipartisan legislative triumph, it was a model for legislative advocacy, how nonprofits can successfully work with legislators and politicians. I think birders will enjoy reading this political history of the MBTA.

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Clarification on Messaging

Animal Person

Vegan education/advocacy for animals is easiest for me when I know my audience. Of course, those people, who are often the "spiritual" ones, are particularly frustrating to deal with. I was going in a different direction with this post when I read Deb's " Effective Images in Advocacy: Do We Know What Works? this morning.

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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. And of course, there is the incident in Central Park.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Of course I was appalled, but out there in the mainstream world, she is an outlier. Of course that can be debated. What about their horror?

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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And of course, two raptors that are a part of North American birding history: the Great Black Hawk of Portland and the Steller’s Sea-eagle of Boothbay Harbor and other local areas. ( we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. Nick Lund is the perfect person to write this guide.