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eBird Profile Pages and the Power of Suggestion

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If you are tracking your life list, that’s not a difficult sell for the folks running eBird from Ithaca, New York. Some states just seemed to taunt. On eBird, the District of Columbia is part of the United States but Puerto Rico is not. territories, some of which are missing entirely.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In United States v. While all 50 states and the District of Columbia have animal cruelty laws, the anonymity of the perpetrators in the videos severely frustrates enforcement efforts, so we need to ban the sale of these videos. We believe our new legislation will pass constitutional muster.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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Currently the Advocacy and Outreach Manager at Maine Audubon, he grew up in Maine and has a work history in conservation and public policy including seven years at the National Parks Conservation Association and volunteer work in communications for the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia.