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What’s Up with the ABA?

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T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Without a clear vision for the future, it seems difficult to search for, let alone hire, the right person. Nevertheless, some criteria will obviously be important.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Interestingly, Black-winged Stilts display laterality – that is, they preferentially use one eye (the right one) to find prey. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Change in Attitude. “I

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” A new paper this year ( Heupink et al. What a horror!

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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Between staying warm/cool, finding food, avoiding predators, migrating thousands of miles every year, finding mates, raising chicks and doing all this at the mercy of the elements, it makes sense that they have more brainpower than just simple instinct to run on. Picture being a Blackpoll Warbler being born in the boreal forests of Alaska.

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