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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

A recent study has documented a rise in the number of turbine-related eagle deaths in the United States. . The use of wind turbines, often deployed on large scale in “wind farms,” has many benefits–wind power is a renewable resource with minimal impact on the environment. Except for birds, that is.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Industry United States 209

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their products in the near future. ” Based on the press release date, I assumed it was just big talk and way to drive people to Amazon to shop on Cyber Monday. What if there’s an injury? How close is too close?

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Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 191

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JUNE 23, 2018

Then the EIS (environmental impact statement – a document required by federal law) hit the press. A decade or so earlier, a corporation purchased Little Tybee and Cabbage Island for phosphorite mining. Then, once the resource was depleted, the plan was to refill the area and ‘develop’ it.

Georgia 137

Georgia Eagles Bald Eagle Dolphins 137

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AUGUST 4, 2015

The authors’ interest expanded into this book, published by Texas A&M University Press. Texas A&M University Press, 2015. Thank you to Texas A&M University Press for providing a review copy of this book. Scott’s was fined $12.5 million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. 320 pages; 8.6

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

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APRIL 2, 2013

For ornithologists, it is the documentation of a multi-year project designed to record the distribution and abundance of birds in a specific area (in North America, usually a state or a province), utilizing a mapping method involving blocks and grids. of Nevada Press, 2007) features a cover by David Sibley. of New Mexico Press, 2005).

Pennsylvania 222

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 222

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Phillipps’ Field Guide (I’ll be using this shortened form of the title) covers 673 avian species, including 59 endemics, and 53 species that have not been documented yet for the area but which may show up in the next few years. Press, March 2014; UK: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd; 2014. 372 pages, 8.3 Princeton Univ.

Brunei 173

Brunei Birds Asia China 173

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MARCH 3, 2020

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. These are species which have been seen one or two or three times, but the rare sightings were unsupported by documentation. Conclusion. 496 pages, 220 plates with color illustrations, color distribution maps.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 169

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JANUARY 3, 2014

By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife.

Rats 237

Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 237

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MARCH 6, 2018

Think about it–how do you document the behavior of birds that spend years flying (or swimming) and feeding and, apparently, sleeping above or within the deep sea? Hopefully, Princeton University Press will send me the finished version, because, you know, I love to examine indexes. Princeton University Press, March 2018.

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Actually, I thought I could press it and hear a bird call, till I remembered that this was a book not a web page.). Press in 2003. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 226

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Birds of Kruger National Park covers the 259 species most frequently seen in the park, about half of the total number of birds documented there. Princeton University Press, 2017. Princeton University Press, 2017. The guide also covers amphibians (37 species), reptiles (40 species), and 71 species of mammal. Paperback, 224p.,

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 166

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APRIL 17, 2012

We documented Least Terns fishing for their young in oil-contaminated water Likewise with Caspian Terns Several ospreys had visible traces of oil, a result of fishing in contaminated water May 7, 2010 The failed container dome is lowered onto the wellhead. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 228

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JUNE 7, 2012

Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. Photograph Credits: Book cover courtesy of University of Michigan Press. By William Rapai. Hardcover, $24.95

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

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JANUARY 13, 2012

The New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC) documents 465 species of natural origin. Press, 2003). published by Princeton University Press. Princeton University Press, 2011. The state comprises diverse habitats that range from ocean coastline to pine barren forests to grasslands to highland woods to bayshore marshes.

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New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 188

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Press, 2015), and has also written articles on eBird and bird identification. Luckily, I have a copy of How to Be a Better Birder by Derek Lovitch (2012), also published by Princeton University Press, which covers the bird finding part–understanding weather, habitat, and geography, using radar. Press; December, 2015.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 189

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Dates of documented sightings are given for review species with five or fewer records and also for exceptional records of nonreview species. Princeton University Press, November 2015. Texas A&M University Press; Second Edition, 2014. They also give the “timing of occurrence” for migrating birds. By Steve N.

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Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 160

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species. There is a well-founded preference amongst ornithologists and researchers to focus on the pressing research needs of declining native species rather than devote valuable research hours to increasing introduced species.

Miami 131

Miami Parrots Research Birds 131

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JUNE 9, 2022

After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

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JANUARY 7, 2020

So, Yellow Rail is included (2 dead birds and one live one are documented for the study area), but Ash-throated Flycatcher, a vagrant found in areas nearby as well as in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but not in the study area, is not. . Norse was a Wall Street broker; John Kieran was a sports reporter and radio panelist.

New York City 147

New York City New York Birds Breeding 147

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

I was happy to see that the Mississippi Kite map documents the kite’s incursion into the Northeast, including two notable nesting sites in New Jersey and New Hampshire. Princeton University Press, June 2018. Princeton University Press, June 2018. Mississippi Kite, Birds of Prey of the East. Finding Species in Each Guide.

North America 186

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 186

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Crawford, in “Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America (sic)”: A document dated 24 October 1511 was an order from the Bishop of Valencia for each ship from the Islands and Tierra Firme to bring to Seville ten turkeys, half males and half females, for breeding. According to R.D. 78(1):61–78. ca 1630–1647.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 199

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JUNE 3, 2014

Some document one of the last views of the species, others are of the last representative of the species. Princeton University Press, 2014 (also published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2013). The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004. ——————————-. by Errol Fuller.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 265

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JANUARY 6, 2015

Florida is by Bill Pranty, central Florida resident, author of A Birder’s Guide to Florida , now in its fifth edition, plus numerous articles documenting the distribution of birds in Florida, current chair of the ABA Checklist committee, and an active member of the Florida Ornithological Society.

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Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 230

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MARCH 14, 2011

Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? Congratulations to them and many thanks to the many, many participants of each phase of this fun, fun, fun giveaway as well as Richard Crossley and our friends at Princeton University Press ! Were you and Jeff the only witnesses? What a spectacle indeed.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 169

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MARCH 16, 2011

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. To that end, the principals have created a terrific site called Conserving the Future: Refuges and the Next Generation to elicit votes and comments.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

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JULY 4, 2023

Holt and his staff, several of which are also ‘characters’ in the book, do hard-core field work, finding owls, owl nests, documenting them and working with concerned and unconcerned organizations to inform public policy decision-making. Humans were drawing owls 36,000 years ago, as Ackerman points out!

Owls 203

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

All the while, he is observing, documenting, practically living with the cahows when they return to Bermuda. Beacon Press, 2012. Wingate cannot battle DDT when it starts affecting the cahow eggs, but he can provide scientific evidence that is included in the landmark suit that results in its banning. by Elizabeth Gehrman.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 165

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APRIL 2, 2019

’ These are equally detailed and documented and the amount of information in each section of each species account is well balanced (the few exceptions being sparrows about which little is known). Unfortunately, both books are out-of-print and used copies sell for three figures.)

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North America Sparrows America United States 143

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

His wildlife photographs have been published in birding and mountaineering magazines and his devotion to his very favorite bird family, the Albatross, have been documented in his book, Around the World for Albatrosses (2019). Press, 2011). Otto Plantema resides in the Netherlands, is a scientist by trade (he has a Ph.D.

Penguins 277

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 277

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MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

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JUNE 2, 2020

The material is meticulously documented with citations of monographs by Clifford and Dawn Frith and Bruce Beehler plus additional research papers and materials. Copyright © 2020 by Princeton University Press. Princeton University Press, 2020 (published in Europe by Helm). Reprinted by permission. Hardcover; 416 pages; 6.75

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 261

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JUNE 13, 2017

That sounds important (the ABC press release is here ), but what is the dispute really about and what happens next? The explanation begins with looking carefully at a legal document, which can be more interesting than it sounds. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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Ohio Endangered Species 2016 Birds 105

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Targeted for children 4 to 8 years old, the book offers a variety of activities aimed at encouraging children to observe, document, and learn about birds, their habitats and their behavior. Timber Press, 2019, 288 p., : 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander, and Explore Birds with Kids the latest. © 2019 Jennifer Ward, © 2019 Alexander Vidal.

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Los Angeles 2019 Birds 2014 263

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MARCH 1, 2012

Howell continues his tradition of giving clarity to what most birders find intimidating with Petrels, Albatrosses & Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide , just published by Princeton University Press. If a tubenose was documented in North America, it is in this book. Princeton University Press, 2012, 520 pp.

North America 158

North America Albatross America Species 158

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

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. As I was finishing up this review, I discovered that Princeton University Press will be bringing out a U.S. Press, Fall 2012. And, good news! edition of the book in the fall. (At Forthcoming U.S.

Hunters 188

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 188

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Press, 2012). Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds (Storey Publishing, 2015) by photographer Marie Read and writer Laura Erickson, documents the procreative and parenting lives of 49 species through beautiful images and readable, knowledgeable text.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 178

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

And, then there is a Hybrid Gulls chapter, covering five well-documented hybrids. Press, 2018. Twenty are gulls likely to be seen in North America; these are divided into three chapters: (1) Small to Medium-sized Gulls and Hooded Gulls, (2) Gray-backed White-headed Gulls, and (3) Large Dark-backed Gulls. by Pete Dunne and Kevin T.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 195