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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. It is our duty to save them.”.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2014)

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Patrick’s Day by doing more than donning green didn’t “celebrate” so much this weekend that you’re suffering today. He was pleased to see several hundred Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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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. If anything, birders confront too much information rather than not enough.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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This blog is written by writer, photographer, and animal advocate Ingrid Taylar. Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I scrambled for a box. I was mortified.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of September 2012)

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Every wildlife watcher, no matter how specialized, becomes attuned over time to the ebb and flow of each local plant and animal’s life cycle. But apples and those who love them definitely suffered most substantially. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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People who work with wildlife understand that death is a part of life. People do not work with wildlife for fame and fortune. What about others who work tirelessly to repopulate and protect wildlife, who live in fear this may happen to their colonies? Who suffers for these crimes? Sentencing for Gutierrez is July 6.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. One nice little story for my blog post lost. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

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