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Potential Efficiency Improvements

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Why tediously write blog posts when ChatGPT can do it for me? So, I asked ChatGPT: “Please write a 500-word blog post about birding in Shanghai in the style of Kai Pflug for the website 10,000 birds” This is the result: Greetings, fellow birding enthusiasts!

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. There are countless field guides and other birding books, websites, blogs, tour companies, and podcasts. Simply put, birding is fundamentally different than it was 50 years ago.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They are docile and devoted parents who will not leave their nests.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. In addition to that helpful information, they include another thoughtful warning: “The use of this product for the control of protected native rodents and rodent like animals requires permission from wildlife authorities.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. How it raised its chicks? She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. But, he continued, some – but not all – of the researchers drove him nuts.

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San Francisco – short of time and money.

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Redgannet, the blog, has taken a back seat while 10,000 Birds does most of the driving and Mrs Gannet does the navigating, so it has slightly lost its way over the last year or so. There is a raised, walled area to the right (north towards the entrance of the bay). Bring gloves and a coat to protect you from the wind.

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What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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