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University of Arizona Gets Grant for Animal Lab

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Another Arizona story! From the Arizona Daily Star. The University of Arizona College of Medicine won a $15 million federal stimulus grant to build a facility for research animals in downtown Phoenix. It will be located next to the planned health sciences education building at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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The diverse range of vagrancy factors dips into related sciences–earth science and magnetic fields, geography and climate, dispersion and evolution–that may not be familiar to readers with little science background. It’s not always easy reading. Don’t worry.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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She also joyfully relates seeing through her scope “the first wild-hatched condor nestling in recorded Arizona history” (p. 49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction.

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For the Love of Trogons

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But I suspect that my citizen-science monitoring outweighs any damage done with this practice here, especially since I am the only one birding most of my sites, and can only visit each one for a few hours every two or three months. In theory, the Elegant Trogon can be seen in southeastern Arizona, as is the case for so many Mexican species.

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The ABA’s 50th Anniversary and Information: From Scarce to Abundant

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My impression is that most young birders are eBirders, a trend that will surely continue due to its convenience, accessibility, and contribution to science. There are even a handful of region-specific birding apps, including for southeast Arizona. (The 10,000 Birds collaborative list is maintained exclusively on eBird, for example.)

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

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At the recent Swarovski Social Media Summit in Arizona, Nate proselytized passionately for the program that both manages your sightings and contributes them to science. His exhortations fell on deaf ears, but once he shared all of our Arizona lists with me, I was hooked! But Nate is an eBird fanatic.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

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6), which I can confirm is true, having seen it in Carr Canyon, Arizona. Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston. They have co-authored a number of articles, including several on field identification for Birding and Texas Birds Annual.