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Audubon’s New Report on Climate Change Shows Us How We Can Make a Difference

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” As Communications Director for Audubon Florida, I wanted to both digest their findings and reflect on what their conclusions mean not only as a birder, but as an environmentalist as well. Many datasets were compiled directly from citizen science efforts, including Christmas bird counts! Photo by Mac Stone.

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year. are considered a distinct population segment, which is protected by the ESA and the Migratory Bird Treaty act. Wood storks primarily breed in Central and South Florida. Photo: U.S.

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School Burrowing Owls

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Broward County has one of the highest densities of Burrowing Owls in Florida. The Florida sub-species of Burrowing Owl is now classified as a threatened species in Florida and it is one of the rarest sub-species of Burrowing Owls. This is unfortunately an all too common problem for these owls in Florida.

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Flock to Marion

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This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.

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No Other Way by Roger Real Drouin

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Asides that in science fiction might be called info-dumps nevertheless abound with interesting facts about a huge variety of bird species, as well as some loving descriptions of both birds and landscapes. Author Drouin is a Florida-based journalist, and I’ve taken the liberty of reading some of his nonfiction as well.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman. It’s spelled this way, all caps, because that is the official name.).

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump.