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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part II (Some Suggestions)

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The content of Birding was daunting, with detailed articles distinguishing seemingly identical birds. Virtually all of the identification articles are geared towards world-class ID experts. Such articles are fine, of course, but not at the expense of all content for beginning and intermediate birders.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2024 (The Colors of Spring)

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We inferred that the infanticide sequence was done as food resource competition and/or sexually selected infanticide.” ” As I did not want to do the editing myself, I asked ChatGPT: Could you rephrase and shorten this passage so that it sounds like an article in a sensationalist newspaper?

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Sage Grouse — The Other Kind of Listing

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They also need a kind of habitat that is often denigrated — dry, poor for grazing, and not even aesthetically pleasing to most human eyes, sagebrush and other deserts are often used as dumping grounds for development, made over at great expense into poor-quality faux grasslands, or seen only as a barrier to the mineral resources beneath.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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In addition to my monthly posts here, I have also written short pieces and feature articles that rely on bird-related scientific literature. Other papers are locked behind paywalls.) That research ultimately led to an article about the conservation efforts regarding the Laysan Duck in the June 2017 issue of Birding.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. Ghana’s people are just as friendly as before.

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Birding under Clouds of Uncertainty: Santa Ana NWR

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It would also consider cost, design, location, and other variables, such as the impact on the environment, including endangered species. This article by the Border Patrol identifies some of the technologies used in Arizona and this New York Times article looks at technology used in Texas.).

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Should the Military Force Protect the Environment?

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Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe.some green thinkers are now coming to a surprising conclusion: In exceptional circumstances, they say, the only effective way to protect the environment may be at the barrel of a gun. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs.