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New Report Shows Value of Private Lands to Bird Populations

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The former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, was famous for his catchphrase, “ How’m I doing? But that’s not the case for many birds who live in or pass through the United States, a new report indicates. Some of these programs are tied into the federal Farm Bill, which has gotten stuck in Congress.

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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

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The selections appear to largely reflect Hauber’s personal experiences around the world and he does occasionally bring himself into the essay, reflecting on a European Robin he observes at dusk in northwestern Germany or searching for American Robin nests on a tree farm in the Midwestern United States.

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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

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Any day of birding in New York State that includes a sighting of a Vesper Sparrow is a better-then-average day. As farming has declined across the northeastern United States the open country that Vesper Sparrows need has been transformed to subdivisions and forest. What has caused the decline? .*

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Brewery Ommegang: Short Sleeve Saison

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Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, New York has long been one of my favorite breweries. That the brewery is somewhat local – just a little drive through the farm country (and productive grassland habitat) west of my home in Albany – is more than enough reason for me to drink Ommegang beers and pay the occasional visit.

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Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Riverhead, Long Island

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There is no better place to find grasspipers in New York State than the sod farms on eastern Long Island in autumn. This year is no different and the sod farms in Riverhead have been loaded with birds which means that the roads around them have been loaded with birders.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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Will Raup is a birder from upstate New York who helped Corey learn a lot about birds when Corey was first starting out as a birder. In the northeastern United States, Cattle Egret rapidly advanced in the 1960s and 1970s, before declining just as quickly in the 1980s and 1990s.

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From Yesterday's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ A Disgraceful Farm Bill ” (editorial, May 16): While the farm bill recently approved by Congress deals with enormous agricultural policy issues, it also includes three important provisions to protect animal welfare. These new penalties would give the law some much needed teeth.