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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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This chapter also covers vagrancy in social migrants, and why vagrancy is common in ‘obligate social navigators’ like geese and cranes, a thought which got me thinking of all the times I’ve searched for one Barnacle Goose amidst hundreds of Canada Geese. Next time, I’ll know why. It’s not always easy reading.

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Unintended Consequences: Bird-Friendly Yards and Bird Deaths

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You won’t find Painted Buntings in Canada—Corey photographed these in Florida, where they are common feeder birds. These findings, published in The Condor , draw from citizen science efforts coordinated by scientists from the University of Alberta and Environment Canada.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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Big Years in 2013

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Matt Timpf is doing a Canada Big Year. I’m not at all sure what his goal is other than seeing lots of birds but Canada is a big country so I bet he succeeds! You can keep up with Matt at Canada Big Year 2013. That would be more species than are on his life list! Follow his adventures at Greg and Birds.

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A Brant With Bling

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I was also notified of a study of Brant behavior that is being done collectively by wildlife agencies from New Jersey, New York, and Canada. Sure, it’s a common bird but by looking at and digiscoping it I learned about a study I didn’t know was happening, I learned what light-level geolocators look like, and I helped science!

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Rename All Birds Named After White People

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John Porter McCown, who shot the first recorded specimen of this species known to Euro-American science, was a Confederate general, a high-ranking officer in the insurrection led by the southern plantocracy to preserve and expand Slavery and the mode of white supremacy which it supported.

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Harris’s Sparrow, Eh?

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This big, chunky sparrow is one of Canada’s few endemic breeders (Wikipedia says the only one, but I trust Cornell more.) Exotic and mysterious — its nest wasn’t documented for science until the 1930s — but still, a sparrow. So, let’s talk more about the Harris’s Sparrow.

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