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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2014)

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April bears the most fruit for my family tree, including my own bad apple birthday this week. Does your family celebrate a lot of April birthdays? My son’s birthday ushering in spring and my daughter’s showing it out serve as bookends to a seemingly endless parade of parties. The wood-warblers are back!

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What is a Titmouse?

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It is worth pointing out that titmice belong to the family Paridae , an expansive international clan made up primarily of what we call “chickadees” in the states but are known as “t**s” in the Old World. What do you expect of those decadent, debauched Europeans? The Tufted Titmouse ( B.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. New Jersey/New York.

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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

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It was my second field guide, and I quickly gave it that worn look I imagined all “real” birder’s field guides had by dropping it into the creek at Allaire State Park in New Jersey (by accident!). Am I willing to give up the field guide which bears the mud and dirt of so many falls on so many birding trips?

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New Jersey Birds and Beyond: A Brief Book Review

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For our family members and friends who are not obsessed with molt and migration, we need titles which sometimes take the form of “coffee-table books”. To that list, I would like to add New Jersey Birds and Beyond , by Sue Puder. Just how many books are there about New Jersey and birds? Mostly to other birders.