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You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

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You can probably understand the disappointment of a herpetologist friend of mine when he discovered that his very research transect was now paved. There’s enough scientific data collected already ( eBird illustrated checklist ), it is not as if we really need more. I’d rather not discuss my disappointment.

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The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation by Mike Unwin is a collection of data about birds and their environments presented through words, graphics, and photographs.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

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