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“Earth’s Wild Music”: a book review

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She also likes to wag her finger at you – you know who I mean: you – for your complicity, as an individual and as a member of the species, in the supposed imminent destruction of the planet. She now lives in Oregon and Alaska.) Thus the book is a call to arms, and perhaps a necessary one.

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Birding Shanghai in August 2023

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Like the Eastern Crowned Warbler (which eBird mysteriously calls a “boldly marked songbird” despite its similarity to about 50 other warbler species) … … and the Arctic Warbler (or maybe some other warbler looking very similar). Here is a mugshot of a Long-tailed Shrike. T-shirts will be available soon.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. A species which is the most abundant crane species on the planet.

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