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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

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Description and drawing (from Ridgway) of a Broad-billed Hummingbird nest from Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley by Florence Merriam Bailey, 1902. The organization varies, and there are sometimes more than one Group Accounts for a family.

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BBS Giveaway – Pet Fire Safety Awareness

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The United States Fire Administration estimates 500,000 pets are affected by house fires each year. To make it easier, we’ve assembled some great tips to help you whip your fire prevention strategy into shape! Having a fire safety strategy has many benefits and may help reduce the chances of fire, injury and home evacuation.

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Struggling Swallows Suffer in a Spring Storm

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We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late May, with temperatures last night falling down to 46 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius). So while the rest of my family slept in I nipped out to the park this morning to see how the swallows were doing.

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

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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. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

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Flock to Marion

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A family motel and passion for responsible ecotourism brought her home to the Oregon Coast where she and her husband, Erik, adventure and record a podcast ( Hannah and Erik Go Birding ), created in an effort to inspire others to get out and bird. Just get rid of the mice.

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For the Love of Ants

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Temporarily Kathi and Josh are back in the United States resting, refueling, and planning the South American portion of their journey. Sixteen species within the antbird family (Thamnophidae) are considered true obligate army ant followers. Their first contribution to 10,000 Birds is here. Their second is here.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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COVID-19 was the worst of it but we also endured horrific wildfires, tremendously damaging hurricanes, another year of the worst President of the United States in history, and the list could go on ad infinitum. 2020 will be remembered as a year that we’d like to forget. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

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