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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation. It’s not easy.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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So, there are separate descriptions for birds normally grouped in the Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco complexes. In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. in German, and a Labrador Retriever named Gellert.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

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The California Quail ( Callipepla californica ) is the California state bird, inhabiting scrub, broken chaparral and woodland edges primarily in California, Oregon, Washington and Baja California. She will usually lay 12 to 17 eggs, averaging five per week 1 , before beginning incubation.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). California Gull – Larus californicus. California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 13 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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California Quail – Callipepla californica. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. California Gull – Larus californicus. Eastern Egg Rock. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Northern Bobwhite – Colinus virginianus. 21.3151x-77.8360 – Roadside stop. 26 Mar 2017. San Joaquin coffee.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. California Gull – Larus californicus. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336).

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