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The Gas Station Bird

10,000 Birds

Both falconers and wildlife rehabilitators have to study, gain experience, and jump through various hoops in order to get their licenses. You can own a gorilla in Indiana, but not a bear in Michigan. But in many states, any idiot with 20 bucks can get a permit to own a non-native, captive-bred bird of prey.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Going back to that assumption that birds don’t have a sense of smell, it can be traced to John James Audubon (of course), who performed several experiments with Turkey Vultures and concluded that the vultures used sight, not scent, to find food. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

The old knight in that Indiana Jones cave full of holy grails to choose from would say to me: You have chosen wisely. Montgomery is a felicitous writer, and her books about the natural world, including this one, make delightful reading for those who can put the binoculars down for an evening or two.

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The Last Few Rays Before Extinction

10,000 Birds

Evidence notwithstanding, she was not credited with the sighting due to the earlier declaration of extinction, but she so strongly maintained she’d witnessed the close proximity of a male passenger that she wrote an essay called “The Last Passenger Pigeon” in which she described her experience.

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Snapper by Brian Kimberling

10,000 Birds

Our guide through the woods and towns of Indiana is one Nathan Lochmueller, who looks back to tell the tale of a coming of age that involves a lot of crawling through the woods on breeding-bird surveys, a lot of beer, and a few scrapes with implacable forces like the law, armed KKK members, and snapping turtles.

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The quest for more purposeful meetings

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This fall, she released a white paper co-written with Amanda Cecil of Indiana University entitled, “Purposeful Meetings: How to Plan With Deeper Meaning, Innovation and Insight In Mind.” My earlier white paper on mindful event design is about the mindful approach of creating great experiences. We talked with her about her findings.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

I’d like a hit squad to visit the people who call me in the middle of dinner or at 3 AM to tell me they have a baby raccoon they found two weeks ago,” wrote Kathy in Indiana. “I’d wish for rehabber-appreciative regulators who don’t think adding paperwork equals adding security,” wrote Louise in Oregon.

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