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White-backed Vultures are Proper Birds

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It can’t have escaped your notice lately that the blog has been overrun with articles about North America’s pseudo-warblers (or wood warblers, as some people, apparently unaware the name is taken by a proper European species, call them), and, even worse, no small amount of poetry. And they are always a pleasure to see.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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On 14 March, 2013, the Orlando Sentinel published an opinion piece by Ted Williams under the headline “Trap, neuter, return programs make feral-cat problem worse.” Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR. ” Wait, what?

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Calling all animal lovers!

4 The Love Of Animals

Erubbermaids “Roughneck” homes create the perfect winter sanctuary for feral cats Opossums, raccoons and skunks. Feral cats are exposed to cold temperatures, wind and freezing rain in the winter. Erubbermaid “Roughneck” homes offers protection from the elements. What you need to build a Rubbermaid Roughneck Feral Cat Shelter.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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His seminal article, “Bird-Window Collisions,” based on dissertation research finished in 1979, was not published in a peer-reviewed journal until 1989. I consulted Google Scholar to see how many scientific articles cited Klem’s article, which was published in The Wilson Bulletin , now the Wilson Journal of Ornithology. (I

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources. The latter is a feature that probably only a birder would love, and Jon Dunn tells us from the beginning that he is not a lister (the exception being his home in the Shetland Islands).

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Draai Laag Brewing Company: Haviken

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As far as I can tell from toggling back and forth between the English and Dutch language versions of Wikipedia’s article on Accipiter gentilis , “havik” is the Dutch name for the Northern Goshawk , making “haviken” the plural, I believe.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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The huge population of feral cats undoubtedly is having a detrimental effect on our bird life. An interesting article has just been written here on “playing god” where we try and make sure no other creatures become extinct in Australia. Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865. … Extinction is forever.

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