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

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Note: Some of the accompanying photos and videos are very powerful, but also not necessarily for the faint of heart.). The population of Millerbirds on Laysan has doubled , and breeding seems to be going well. There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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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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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

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There is a delightful video of Alderfer drawing a Harlequin Duck while his voiceover describes his process for field guide illustrations available online from National Geographic. Looks exactly the same at first until you notice brand-new images of the kite in flight. maybe not documented substantially enough for this edition.)