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A Post Chock-full of Bird News

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… because my husband and I have done some migrating of our own, from Chicago to Philadelphia, over the past few weeks, and bringing 10,000 Birds readers the freshest and best bird news sadly had to take a back seat to packing, driving, unpacking, and furiously scouring Craigslist for Ikea furniture.

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The Warbler Brewery: Canopy 2 Double India Pale Ale

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This week’s avian star – with two appearing on the can of the Canopy 2 Double India Pale Ale by The Warbler Brewery of Delmar , New York – is the toucan, the most famous member of Gilroy’s advertising stable – er, aviary. Two weeks ago, it was a pantless thunder goose – er, ostrich. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Say Hello to Our New Nature News Beat Writer!

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… Meredith Matthews is a long time reader of 10,000 Birds who regularly let Mike and Corey know about cool news stories, blog posts, and other tidbits related to birds that she found. Now Meredith is the Nature News beat writer and her posts appear whenever inspiration strikes her!

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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There is another area of the Queens County CBC where a team will also likely see Monk Parakeets , Myipsitta monachus , but I am seriously determined to count that bird for my area, Coastal Flushing, a section of northeast Queens, New York, that includes Whitestone, home of one of the loudest invasive bird species in the U.S.

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

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“Bird-friendly design” is becoming a common term in architectural and city planning circles and proponents can point to a successful initiative, the retrofitting of New York City’s Javits Center which reduced bird deaths by 90%. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few.

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Bird Deaths in Washington DC Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program

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Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Pet Love Closes its Doors in Beverly Hills

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Best Friends made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday. If a pet store can be closed down in the iconic Beverly Center, it can happen anywhere in the country – New York, Chicago, Boston and other large metro areas.”