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Galveston FeatherFest 2011

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These Blasts From The Past There’s an Ivory Gull in Massachusetts… David Sibley on the Jones Beach Shrike Bicknell’s Thrush I’ve Just Been Informed From Pavement to Gravel About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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I and the Bird #145

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Submissions should reach mike AT 10000birds DOT com or information AT birdingcraft DOT com by March 15. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. …and we really need hosts. Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network.

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Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway

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The impact of those rich, dynamic plates delivers an unprecedented dose of ornithological information per square inch packed with so much potency that readers are sometimes left reeling. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Sounds good, right?

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

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The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected. Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Even more telling, the support the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission was expecting from its hunting community simply never materialized. As you know, earlier this year the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission deferred the hunting of sandhill cranes in Tennessee for another two years.

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The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital

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Ipods are the big thing and can hold a lot of information you can’t possibly have in a physical guides. With ipods and iphones you can carry a lot more information than multiple books. Not only are there super portable and contain loads of information, they include audio of bird calls/songs. Digital guides (for ipod, etc.)