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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. With the exception of species that number in the hundreds, conservation biologists are not as concerned with the fates of individual animals, it is only when such fates of many individuals are added up do they begin to worry.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Marbled Murrelet – Brachyramphus marmoratus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 26 Jul 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Marbled Murrelet – Brachyramphus marmoratus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

10,000 Birds

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Marbled Murrelet – Brachyramphus marmoratus. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Scripps’s Murrelet – Synthliboramphus scrippsi. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

10,000 Birds

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Scripps’s Murrelet – Synthliboramphus scrippsi. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii.

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