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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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How much do you know about owls? I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read. I don’t think so.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Once a body of research was established and the bird was declared endangered, it took many more years of experimentation, political maneuvering, conflicts with the National Guard, and some tragic fires to establish what is now acclaimed as a model conservation project.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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And reports of birds nesting – not owls, of course, those weirdo snow fetishists, but other birds nesting – light up my life. With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

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I also want people to know that our understanding of birds’ mating habits are constantly changing and evolving…there is still a lot of research to be done here, and we will be learning a lot more in the years to come. Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. fishing beach. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher – Chloroceryle inda. Cano Negro/Rio Frio flooded fields.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jodrey State Fish Pier. fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. fishing beach. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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