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Montezuma Winery: Carbonated Rhubarb Wine

10,000 Birds

So far, the closest Roseate Spoonbill to me in Albany, New York has been a bird discovered in the last week just over the border in western Massachusetts – but I don’t really care about my list in that commonwealth enough to cross the state line, even if it is for a spoonbill.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. The Family Accounts are also a deeply informational, documented source of information for researchers. 220; Copyright © 2022 Tom Johnson photos p.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. I don’t have a copy of the 2006 edition, but I was able to read selected pages via Google Books. This new edition accomplishes two things: It updates taxonomy, distribution, and conservation challenges, and it adds illustrations, lots of illustrations.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

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In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. For an attorney, that's awfully weak. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Appendices list all vagrant species; “hypothetical species”—20 species reported by reliable observers but not well documented; and “more species to watch for in NCA”—20 species that should be showing up based on historical records, birds of neighboring countries and migratory patterns. He currently lives in Peru.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

10,000 Birds

Meanwhile, in Holyoke Massachusetts, the council had a ban on cat feeding in mind but others … the community … objected. The disquieting thing about this measure in Minneapolis which is almost guaranteed to become law, is the idea that “community” is more important than “finding the correct answer.”

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Rare Birds of North America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

What year was the Red-footed Falcon seen in Massachusetts? New species that were documented from Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 are listed in one of the appendices. My friends had many more years of birding on me and had many stories to tell. What are the chances of finding a Redwing amidst flocks of robins?