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Springtime Tree Cutting and Wildlife

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The Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center in Norristown covers four Pennsylvania counties (including Philadelphia) and takes in over 3000 animals a year. Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and Assistant Director Michele Wellard relayed this story: In the spring a few years back, a man cut down a tree on his property outside Philadelphia.

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The Birds That Audubon Missed: A Book Review

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Their discoveries, writings, art, and lives are woven in and out of chapters focused on bird families (thrushes, shorebirds, warblers), places (Florida, Texas), significant points in North American ornithological history (Wilson versus Audubon in Philadelphia), and the big topics of taxonomy and conservation.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of October 2014)

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I ask because, despite my deep affection for warmth, indoor plumbing, and uninterrupted Internet access, I found myself and my family enjoying an overnight out of doors. Why is camping so interesting? Camping and birding both fall under the category of “nature” activities, yet the two seem only tangentially related. How about you?

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The American Birding Expo, Philly-Style

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for the American Birding Expo , held this past weekend just outside of Philadelphia. However, I’m applying those adjectives not to my fellow bird lovers, but to the panoply of humanity that descended upon the other hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center for the “Walker Stalker” convention of Walking Dead fans.).

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of January 2016?

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This weekend, I’m headed down to Philadelphia for family fun. But for many birders, MLK Day offers an extra day to chase birds. Just be sure to think about the reason for our three day weekend! Corey will be warming up for Florida fun at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. How about you?

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Come@Me: Bird Names Suck

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Has anyone from Philadelphia ever seen their eponymous vireo? Butcherbirds are an Australian family of pied, crow-like birds that run a meat delicatessen franchise. Prothonatory Warbler ? A what now? Why is a Great Tit smaller than a Little Egret ? ……and another thing! Why can I not find a Kentish Plover in Kent?

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Come@Me: Bald Eagles Are Tools

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Although this bad behavior may run in the overall eagle Family.) Perhaps they’re not so different from their namesake football fans in Franklin’s hometown of Philadelphia. Just throw a rock on the Internet and you’ll hit a post about some slacker Bald Eagle making off with someone else’s catch. They are literally kleptos !