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Drones: The Next Thing Birders Will Be Arguing About

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It included a video that a production company took with a drone in our park’s corridor. Then there are the other uses and a question of ethics: Let’s say you know where Kirtland’s Warblers or Whooping Cranes are nesting and you want to document it with a drone…is that harassment? What if there’s an injury?

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Bird Deaths in Washington DC Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program

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He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. for migratory birds.

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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. I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters. Wicked, right?

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. Some of his finds are the first documented records of the bird in that area or the first decent photograph of a little-known species. And mosquitos. And leeches.

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Duck Migration

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He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? 7 Responses to “Duck Migration&# Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 14th, 2011 at 7:57 pm Migration is just great! Wicked, right?

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. The Marvelous Spatuletail as it appears in a video about The Glitter in the Green. A passion for one bird family is also very useful.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

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Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. I’m looking forward to putting it on my year list for the third year in a row.

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