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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

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How much do birders value a birding experience? The economic “impact” of a birding festival can be estimated by looking at expenditures of attendees ( e.g., hotel rooms, meals, souvenirs, transportation costs, etc.). This includes bird-watching experiences. Some aspects of birding can be calculated and studied economists.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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Chapters 1 through 5 are the adventure chapters, tales of how Kooyman started his penguin research, details of his first forays in determining which penguin colony to study, then establishing a research camp on the ice in a place no researcher had gone before, Cape Washington.

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