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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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Two James Spirits: Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum

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Aïthurus polytmus , a family of Red-billed Streamerbirds depicted in a print dated between 1820 and 1860 from the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam. Well, even though it’s blended in Detroit, Michigan, Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum from Two James Spirits gives us just that. I can think of no higher honor.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (2nd of July 2016)

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Mike’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the Caspian Tern (like the one above) that greeted him upon his arrival at Lake Michigan. My Best Bird of the Weekend was a heard-only Least Bittern calling from the Great Vly in my hometown of Saugerties where I was to collect my boy after a week with his grandparents.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Just for one day, not to be pooped or puked on and to not find rat guts hanging off my clothes,” wrote Susan in Michigan. “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. wrote Laura, on Long Island.

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“Where’s Woody?”

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A Whooper Swan conservation project keeps a small wildfowl collection, which includes the Wood Ducks, but free food during cold spells attracts “freeloaders” from Lake Michigan and the zoo end up providing winter fuel for hundreds of Mallards. Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago was the scene for this madness.

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ALDF Provides Grant to Fund Investigation of Animal Abuse

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to investigate the abuse of over 100 dogs by an animal hoarder in Michigan. ALDF offers grants for necropsies, DNA testing, and other forensic support nationwide to ensure that local law enforcement is able to collect the necessary evidence to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in cases of criminal animal abuse.

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Arrowood Farm Brewery: Bramble Farmhouse on Raspberries

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From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Hops are of the Mackinac variety, a proprietary cultivar developed in 2014 by Great Lakes Hops of Zeeland, Michigan, but grown more locally for Bramble in New York’s Finger Lakes region. The Robin, No. Louis, Missouri (early 20th century).

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