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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

10,000 Birds

I’d prefer something descriptive like Flamboyant , Orange-throated , or Fire-throated Warbler , but feel free to incorporate other evocative nicknames like fire-brand and torch bird. Naming a bird species for the part of the world in which it breeds or resides makes sense. NAMED FOR PLACES. Well, no more!

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. The population of Millerbirds on Laysan has doubled , and breeding seems to be going well. A recent survey of the birds suggests that the effort has been a success.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Howell and colleagues propose a standard sequence of species for field guides based on eight groupings–swimming waterbirds that swim, flying waterbirds, walking waterbirds, upland gamebirds, raptors, miscellaneous larger landbirds, aerial landbirds, and songbirds. The Accounts present text on the left and images on the right.

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Fun Time Dog Shop (and giveaway)

4 The Love Of Animals

Fun Time Dog Shop is a brand new online shop for modern pets (and people)! But the truly special part is all profits from the shop are donated to non-profit dog rescue groups! As soon as I found out about the shop I went right over and found so many cute items. She really has – they are ADORABLE!!

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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Interestingly, Chestnut-collared Longspur does appear under its brand-new official name, Thick-billed Longspur, though the description underneath uses the old name. A small range map is placed in the upper right/left hand corner showing summer, winter, resident, migration, and rare locations. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

10,000 Birds

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. 3) What was the best guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago?

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