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Hotspur’s Revenge: A Review of Three Books

10,000 Birds

The trouble is, the definition of “native habitat” is, for starlings and many other species, now quite elastic. Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. What’s magic about 1970?

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Should We Take the “Christmas” out of the Christmas Bird Count?

10,000 Birds

What’s not to like about citizen science, conservation, and transforming a day of slaughter into a day of enjoying being outside watching birds? Bear with me, keyboard commandos of the 101 Chairborn Patriot Squad. Second, a name that includes Christmas in it is, pretty much by definition, not inclusive.