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Shifting Baselines and Sneaky Jays

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Unlike Barred Owls they were accompanied by no great controversy , and unlike Cattle Egrets or Eurasian Collared Doves they didn’t come as an abrupt continent-hopping surprise. 1978, for reference, was the year of my birth.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. A total of 33,000 wild horses are degrading the environment, but around 3 million to 4 million cattle are not? You report that Steven L.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

10,000 Birds

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. A California Condor soaring over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Collaborative List – February 2018

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pied Heron – Egretta picata.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

10,000 Birds

Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Gray Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. and Bigelow Rd. 03 Feb 2018. Red-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta canadensis. and Bigelow Rd. 03 Feb 2018. White-winged Crossbill – Loxia leucoptera. 03 Feb 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Black-backed Woodpecker – Picoides arcticus. Crater Lake NP–Plakni Falls Trail. 24 Aug 2018. 23 Aug 2018.

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