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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

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If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the California Condor situation right now, but what? In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. Then the 80s happened. Or Bachman’s Warbler.

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Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

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Bezos has a lot on his plate right now. Or a pipit, or a weaver, or a finch, or…” *don’t say sparrow* I told myself. Sparrow polls really bad. That species could use a cash infusion right away.” ” “The California Condor ? .” ” “The California Condor ?”

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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Although it is impossible for me to prove this, you should take the word of this Overlord Ornithologist when I say there are simply more good birders around right now. For example, in California, populations of birds like Aleutian Cackling Goose have dramatically increased…but where did our Fulvous Whistling-Ducks go?

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