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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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As of mid-November 2021, the Collaborative had submitted more than 4,200 checklists (up from 1,700 in 2018) and has observed 691 species in the United States (up from 618). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species. The state with the largest increase was Arizona , with 139 species added.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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A robot that feeds baby birds so I can take a nap,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. “A A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? I’d wish for respect for what we do.”. Personal Things. “A

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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England: A Field Guide Review by an Aspiring Naturalist

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The following section on Habitats serves to provide the larger picture, frameworks in which to root the hundreds of individual species to follow. It was Massachusetts Representative John Weeks who sponsored and fought for the 1911 Weeks Act, which authorized the use of federal funds for the purchase of forest lands for conservation.

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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According to the study, since 1984 heightened temperatures and resulting aridity have caused fires to spread across an additional 16,000 square miles than they otherwise would have—an area larger than the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined 1. ‘Direct mortality is not a big concern,’ Saab says.”

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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

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Listed as a Species of Special Concern in New York and as threatened or endangered in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, Poocetes gramineus is in trouble in the northeastern United States and, considering the decline shown in Ontario’s second breeding bird atlas, in eastern Canada as well.*

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First White-Tailed Tropicbird Sighted in Connecticut

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This began the rehabilitation of the first recorded sighting of a White-tailed Tropicbird in the state of Connecticut! She verified the bird’s identity and told me that the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Shores, Florida was one of the few places equipped to handle this species. On Sunday morning things really started to get busy.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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As of mid-October 2018, the Collaborative had submitted more than 1,700 checklists and observed 618 species in the United States. The heat map is revealing: Unsurprisingly for a site founded and run by two New Yorkers (one of whom literally wrote the book on birding New York), the Empire State boasts the highest number of species (316).