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Support Project SNOWstorm!

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So they are raising money to buy more. Do it for science! To that end they are attaching lightweight tracking devices to Snowy Owls so we can learn what individual owls are doing. That is where YOU come in! The problem Project SNOWstorm has is that the transmitting devices used to track the owls cost $3,000 each. That is not cheap.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Every year they host a great event to help raise the funds that they need to continue their rescue efforts. Jenna Fischer hosts the event, which is being held this year on September 11th, 2010. You can read the full details below.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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Birding can be enjoyed at various levels of intensity, from casual birdwatching in one’s backyard to more dedicated pursuits that involve keeping birding lists, participating in birding competitions, or contributing to citizen science projects. “National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America” by Jon L.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. found that the Neoaves split in two just before the K-Pg boundary, and they named the groups Columbea and Passerea. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert).

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.

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A Question of Migration

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If migration evolved many times in birds, then it would be worth asking if it evolved in birds more often than in other groups of vertebrates. Another question this raises has to do with migration itself. If this is true, then does each separate evolutionary “event&# have a separate set of mechanisms backing it up?

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