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Fall Migration in Costa Rica- Six Things I Have Learned

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It was also when October came with cool weather and bunches of White-throated Sparrows, shy Hermit Thrushes. The Eastern Kingbirds I knew from the fields of upstate New York were smartly dressed birds that perched on fences and chased Red-tailed Hawks. In Costa Rica, they become another sort of animal.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber.

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Rename All Birds Named After White People

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Zach Schwartz-Weinstein is a writer, teacher, organizer, and birdwatcher who lives in upstate New York. Let’s not, as has also been proposed, then, rename Saltmarsh Sparrow to honor Roger Tory Peterson, great though his impact on birding may have been. Wilson’s Plover ?

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

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Boston, New York. Drawing of the avian syrinx by Amanda Morgan Riley. __. Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist: Your Guide for Listening. By Donald Kroodsma. Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt. 27, March 10, 2020. ISBN978-1-328-91911-3.

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It may be hard to swallow, but Bumpus could get bumped to the back burner

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In 1898, Hermon Bumpus published a paper about change in the morphology in a population of House Sparrows that he proposed was an example of Darwinian Natural Selection in action. House Sparrows ( Passer domesticus ) are introduced birds over most of their very large range. We are not counting insects.)

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SHAC7 Trailer

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SHAC 7 Trailer from Sparrow Media on Vimeo. I credit Will Potter as the catalyst for shifting my focus away from critiques of other activists and activist groups (particularly his post, " While the Government Continues Attacks on Activists, Animal Rights Groups Protest Each Other " back in 2008). But that's me.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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”* And then, my bird club friends started talking about alternate warbler songs and sparrow dialects and I thought, “Really? And, that sparrow I heard in California that sounded so different really is a Song Sparrow?” There’s more than one song per warbler? This is a beautifully designed book.