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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

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JULY 5, 2010

One hundred and twenty beagles who faced lifetimes being used in medical research experiments have been freed — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. Tags: animal research dogs Best Friends animal laboratories. Best Friends Animal Society headquartered in Kanab, Utah, and Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, based in Middletown, N.Y.,

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Rescue Medical Research New Jersey Animal Sanctuary

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book.

North America

North America Sparrows America United States

Birding By Impression: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Instead, we get references and quotes from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink , the popular science book that takes bits and pieces from various research projects to make the case that we make choices without consciously thinking. Both are birders first and foremost, both are known in the New Jersey birding community as mentors, and it shows.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. Louisiana is a magical place to bird.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama

Arizona in Summer: It Ain’t All Hummers

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I managed to get some video of this greedy thrasher before a family walked down the path, and you can view it here. My goal was Lucifer Hummingbird , but I didn’t do enough research to know that the best time to see the hummingbird is in the early evening. I had two days in the Ramsey Canyon area, and I focused on life birds.

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Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey

Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I was on New Jersey Audubon’s Grand North Dakota birding tour this past July, driving along dirt roads through the prairies of western North Dakota. Research indicates that this decline can be tempered by management of cattle grazing practices, preventing growth of shrubs and trees and the invasion of non-native plants.

North Dakota

North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds

My 2013 Birding Year in Review (With My Top Ten Birding Moments!)

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station.

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2013 New York City New York Trinidad

Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

These were apparently the original focus of the project, and, as explained in the Preface, the authors decided at some point to expand status coverage to the Bronx, Central and Prospect Parks, New York City, and the New York City area, which encompasses parts of Westchester County, Long Island, and New Jersey.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” New Jersey/New York. Please note that the Batchtown, Portage Island, Gilbert Lake, and most of the Calhoun Division are closed from Oct.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game

Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

The first, The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families , tells the story of Dr. Gordon Sato’s mangrove tree-planting project, which transformed the African village of Hargigo. Paige Cunningham and Janet Payne both live in the Cape May, New Jersey area and previously collaborated on a book about Cape May A to Z.

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013

The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. government’s resistance to his refugee work, he finds himself drawn to a very different world, and starts researching the heist and the world of classic fly tying, first on the Internet, then in person. And, well researched.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science

It’s the Holiday Season — Give Birding Books!

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The ABA series currently lists guides on New Jersey (Rick Wright), Florida (Bill Pranty), Arizona (Rick Wright), Colorado (Ted Floyd), and California (Alvaro Jamarillo). Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. He takes it to camp every day.”

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds

Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: A Review by an Aspiring Seawatcher

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement.

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Ducks Groups Species North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I grab my binoculars, camera, and field guide and drive 2-and-a-half hours to southern New Jersey. Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy.

North America

North America America 2017 Birds

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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

Arizona in Summer: It Ain’t All Hummers

Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

My 2013 Birding Year in Review (With My Top Ten Birding Moments!)

Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

The Feather Thief: A Book Review

It’s the Holiday Season — Give Birding Books!

Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: A Review by an Aspiring Seawatcher

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

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