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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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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders. That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. I am a birder, after all.

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

10,000 Birds

There are arguments for adding all territories, but experience demonstrates that the ABA moves glacially when it comes to the ABA Area. This makes no sense at all for a group that purports to be the national birding organization for the United States. The only other populated U.S. territories are Guam (pop. But progress is slow.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p. Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. Soy formulas are commonly used in hospital nurseries, although they can occasionally be allergenic as well. How sick and twisted is that.

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