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Birding Shanghai in July 2023

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Given how hot and sometimes humid it is in Shanghai in July, it is a wonder there are any birds here in this month, particularly taking into account that most bird nests are not air-conditioned. One of the reasons stated is “the benefits of the people” (not the birds). Still, a few spend the summer here.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of April 2016)

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I don’t know which legislative branch to appeal to, but there ought to be a law that mandates life birds on a birder’s birthday. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that contentedly foraged while Corey digiscoped. Sure beats cake!

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

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In 2007 I was working in a university building that was just begging for bird feeders. This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. There were no dead birds for weeks. I hoped it was an anomaly.

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Birds, Hunters, and Lead

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There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. This is not protecting hunters’ rights; this is taking away a law that protects the health of both hunters and wildlife. The Center for Biological Diversity wants to stop the NRA’s lead-poisoning legislation.

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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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Legislative Requirements to Transfer State Properties Amendment. Amendment 2 changed the process for passing conveyance legislation in Connecticut. The post Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Election Results = PASSED with 59%+ voter support. Northern Harrier. Photo by © Robin Edwards.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Currently, approximately 50 million laying hens are confined at only 48 square inches per bird.

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Tell Congress To Fully Fund The Land And Water Conservation Fund

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” How ironic that on the 50th anniversary of this exceptional law, one legislator, Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has taken it upon himself to block this program’s continuing conservation accomplishments. Future generations deserve nothing less.”