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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents

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Some jerk (I’d use a stronger word, but this is a family-friendly website) in Wisconsin is shooting raptors. San Francisco aims to study and deter birdstrikes ; participants can earn “bird-friendly resident” honors. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds.

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The Pleasure and Pain of Pino Real

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He is the author of an internationally distributed book in Spanish about family finances and has recorded four albums in Spanish of his own songs. My first birding period was over 40 years ago, in the San Francisco Bay Area. But every Monday, he explores the wonderful habitats and birds found within an hour of his house.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I’d rescued birds before, but this time I had to face the wildlife center with a personal connection to the carnage.

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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.