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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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Thus, the Trump Administration’s four-year campaign to undermine the MBTA is almost certainly going to fail. As explained in an earlier post , the changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. This is known as “strict liability.”.

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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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But in the fall (with plumage as in the photo on the left, above) they take an entirely different, and heroic, route, first to Massachusetts and then, after a rest, south over the Atlantic Ocean. The blackpoll, “a bird with a body just a little larger than your thumb,” doesn’t stop until South America.

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