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Creepers in the Forest

10,000 Birds

As a child, poring through the pages of the Encyclopedia of Animal Life (I was gifted this 25 years before I appeared in Audubon magazine myself) birds gripped my attention. Yes, you read that correctly – it was seemingly reversing the laws of gravity. Very soon, the other members of this unique family were on my radar.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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(I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. John Schmitt, who illustrated Raptors of Mexico and Central America amongst many other books and magazine articles.

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

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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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Melange Monday

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Next, there's Parade magazine on the Iditarod , which frankly I can't even talk about this year and is a disgraceful display of barbarity. Nosey the African elephant is with Liebling Family circus in Florida, right now they are in Mount Dora, this outfit violates animal welfare regulations on a regular basis. That was a lot, I know.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. We then switch to Andy McWilliam, a genial investigator with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, who combines the skill of a life doing police work with a deep appreciation for the importance of Great Britain’s wildlife laws. 2019), and now this book.

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

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Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family. All Americans Should be Full Members of the ABA Family. Adding Puerto Rico and the USVI would largely achieve the goal of bringing all Americans into full membership of the ABA family.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Treaties trump state laws. His goal, he says in the Preface, is to fulfill a childhood desire to learn more about a stern figure in a family photograph, a mysterious man with impressive but largely undocumented achievements. I hope that Chapter 8, the chapter on the MBTA, can be excerpted and reprinted in one of our birding magazines.