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The ABA Area and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

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Virgin Islands , focusing on the arguments that had been successfully made for the inclusion of Hawaii. In a section entitled “Adding Puerto Rico is Consistent with the ABA’s Commitment to Diversity,” I wrote: Birding has a well-known diversity problem, namely that it is overwhelmingly a pastime of affluent, educated, middle-aged whites.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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Plus, in a major expansion, the birds of Hawaii, the most recent geographical addition to the American Birding Association Checklist. Adding the 76 new species in the Hawaii section, this makes coverage of approximately 884 species. The first edition of this title had larger versions of the maps in a section in the back. Conclusion.

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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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Other activities, primarily wildlife-related activities such as wildlife observation, photography, and education, are permitted only when consistent with the primary conservation goal. They stretch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean ( Midway Atoll NWR in Hawaii) in the west to the Atlantic coast ( Acadia NP in Maine) in the east.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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I am very happy Osborn decided to tell her stories again; enlightening, amusing, and educational, they also give insight into what it’s like to work as part of the Condor Recovery Project–the extended hours, physical labor, stress, and fun. Osborn is a superlative natural history writer.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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We can stop using animals and "allocate resources" to educate Homo sapiens worldwide to change their relationship to the animals around them. It's important to note that Corwin doesn't think he has all of the answers. What was not considered in the previous 221 pages is that we can indeed step in a different direction today.

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Tails of Aloha

4 The Love Of Animals

Tails Of Aloha is an all volunteer Animal Assisted Therapy Organization, located on Oahu in the state of Hawaii, with animals on all of the major Hawaiian Islands. We also assist the homeless population with the care and feeding of their pets by educating them on the requirements for inoculations and treatments they can give their pets.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S. The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. But even with Hawaii, there are many U.S.