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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

10,000 Birds

Between the two breeding bird atlases in the state – one done in the early ’80s and one in the early ’00s – the number of atlas blocks with Vesper Sparrows declined 49%, a decline that is echoed in breeding bird survey routes as well. What has caused the decline? What has caused the decline? … a.

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Snowy Owl Invasion!

10,000 Birds

Here’s hoping that they find the food they need and survive the winter to return north to breed. Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). Connecticut. North Dakota. South Dakota. This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D.