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Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

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I can’t tell you exactly how I brokered this meeting between these titans of industry and a team from the AOS, either. I brushed the screen of my tablet and the image of a small bird, bold in black and gray and chestnut, filled the screen behind me. No brand recognition at all.” But the details must remain nebulous.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. 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. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. Knopf, 1994/97.

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State of the Birds, Halloween Edition

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The world of scary birds has been in flux recently, with many of the traditional leaders in the field shifting focus or falling by the wayside. Rowling, personally – leaving the nocturnal bird space to the nighthawks. Now, some species of nighthawk have done excellent work. The rails, as a group, are strong contenders.

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Oban Distillery: 14-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskeys all month long. In the above preface to Whiskey Month at Birds and Booze, we’re promised “rugged Celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland and the birds that inhabit them”.

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Want to Escape the Heat? Go Birding in Costa Rica!

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Maybe not if you do things to offset your carbon footprint (to which a round trip flight contributes much less than mechanized agriculture and industry in any case). However, if you would rather bird in places where you could actually wear a long sleeve shirt, you need to increase your elevation and bird any number of highland sites.

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Birding on Steroids or the Kerkini Lake in 10 Pictures

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This time I was lucky enough to join a fam trip organised by Natural Greece, an ecotourism company from Athens, and spend a few days at my favourite Kerkini Lake, which you already birded through my bins ( April and September ). These cute little birds are common in the villages. Picture 6: Little Owl – Athene noctua.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Last year I reviewed The Feather Thief , an enjoyable tale centering on the use of feathers in the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying, and how that led to the theft of priceless bird skins by one obsessed young man. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

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