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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. 334) is how Black Skimmer is introduced).

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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And for rodents and reptiles as well. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. And for thousands of years the lizards, rodents, and birds of North America adapted to Fishers, Badgers, Wolverines, Ermines, etc. Let me tell you this: They are.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). If we were to remove the hooved animals and non-Mustelidae carnivores (i.e.,

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