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

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It was the same day George Floyd was killed. He’s participating in Alabama Audubon’s first Black Belt Birding Festival , an event that brings him life birds and encounters with black history as he walks through Birmingham and then Selma. I remember that day.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Those who harvest are unfortunately myopic, seeing only the instant gratification of the meal or the kill. Here’s the petition.

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