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The Pacific Wren of the San Francisco Botanical Garden

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The place was full of parents with toddlers, kindergarten school groups, and walkers like us. Nest-building must have been on their agenda, for they hopped this way and that with delicate moss bits hanging from their tiny beaks. Still, a lifebird was on the way.

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Guide to birding the Forgotten Road in the Djerdap National Park, Serbia

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And in order to evaluate its potential, my agenda was to spend whole two days in the park and to produce the best possible evaluation based on that visit. There were two cars used by project participants, and I, the only birder in the group, drove the first car. Other species include Grey Wagtail and Marsh Tit.

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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” His classes attracted diverse groups of students, often with little scientific background: “Students have to first pass biology, but most come in knowing next to nothing about birds except that they can fly, that they have feathers, and that they lay eggs.”. In other words, a “spark class” rather than a “spark bird.”

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. million acres of Refuge lands.

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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

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Contest killing – where individuals or teams gun down as many of a single species as they can within a specific time period, with prizes going to the winner(s) – is legal all over the country. As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. It will never happen.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. With 154 eBirded species almost single-handedly spotted by the UK expat Geoff Laight, the Paljuvi is the latest addition to the top-5 list. With 154 eBirded species, the Beljarica shares the 4th place on the list.

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Wildlife and Life Celebrations

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Name-calling and charges of agenda-promoting ensued. So here’s a suggestion to the groups who work to discourage balloon releases, and to all you computer-savvy environmentalists: create a website filled with ideas for memorials/life celebrations. It’s over; the balloons all went up between 4:15 and 4:30 on a Monday.

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