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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

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Layover in Singapore

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Redgannet was originally conceived as a way to encourage my colleagues (in case you haven’t read the profile, I work as a flight attendant for an international airline) out of the shops and their hotel rooms to experience something that the local natural scene has to offer. There is an official website with opening hours and events at [link].

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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

10,000 Birds

Knowledge is more likely to be shared via shared experience than the exchange of data, though both happen. Homing pigeons were apparently able to find their way home after being transported in a closed box a long distance away (many hundreds of miles in some cases). In any event, they were surprisingly good at this.

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

10,000 Birds

The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. There are arguments for adding all territories, but experience demonstrates that the ABA moves glacially when it comes to the ABA Area. Puerto Rico became a territory in 1898 and a commonwealth in 1952. The only other populated U.S.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

The Bird Watching Society meets just about every weekend, so birders should check their activities calendar for scheduled events. And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot. While I only dedicated part of my time to scheduled birding events, I always had my bins handy. Said thrush.

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