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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

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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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A Birder’s Guide To…INDOCTRINATION

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4) For the sake of keeping it real…if you are the breed of birder that is in possession of a very poor set of social skills… maybe you should just send any prospective birders my way instead. No one, aside from your therapist, wants to spend time with a Debbie Downer. Photographed near Lostwood, North Dakota.