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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

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I went out with the morning sunrise tour and then came back with the wildlife tour in the afternoon, something they are prepared to do for birders who want to spend time on Blumine Island (if both tours are going anyway). They are breeding and expanding on the island and I can go back one day and know I have a chance of seeing them then.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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” The birds appear to be starving to death, so experts don’t believe a toxin is the culprit, said Julia Burco, a wildlife veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. One of the birds most affected by this is Cassin’s Auklets. Since then the deaths haven’t stopped.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The population is approximately 105,000 and the capital is Charlotte Amalie on St. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. Fish & Wildlife Service. Thomas, and a number of smaller islands. Individuals born in both territories are U.S.