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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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Had it not been for the Wild Turkey, for instance, the first Pilgrims to America, the English ones, would not, possibly, have survived, he says. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. Various experts are enlisted in support of this idea. What claptrap.

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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

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One decided that as long as Nadeem was coming to America he should visit some of our large East Coast centers, so she made calls, sent emails, and set up an indiegogo campaign to pay for his tour. The indiegogo campaign needs donations. . Another recruited a computer-savvy friend and created the indiegogo video. What’s left?

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

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This practice is a throwback to more than a century ago when gunners hunted shorebirds throughout the Americas. But the toll the “shooting swamps&# take on the shorebirds of the Americas is huge and the practice must be stopped. Machi was, of course, only one bird. Let’s make Machi’s death mean something!

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Watch for Shorebirds with Colored Flags!

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Some make stopovers along Florida’s coast, others fly straight from stopovers in the northern states to the coast of South America. As shorebirds look for suitable sites to spend up to 9 months in their wintering grounds, biologists with the Pan-American Shorebird Banding Program also start preparing for a new banding campaign.

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Rename All Birds Named After White People

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Prior to serving in the Confederacy, Driver notes, McCown played leading roles in genocidal campaigns against indigenous peoples on the US-Canada border and against the Seminoles in Florida.

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What is the National Bird of Aruba?

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As a result, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation Foundation began a campaign to make the Burrowing Owl the country’s national bird , which was officially named in 2012. Unfortunately, due to development and other pressure on their populations, their numbers in Aruba have been falling.

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Twitching

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” In North America it is more often called chasing, though the British usage is starting to catch on there, especially among younger birders 1. Twitching is a British term used to mean “the pursuit of a previously located rare bird.” I have never really been a twitcher. Basically, I never had the time to chase birds.