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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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In a press statement released by the species, it says “We are proud to raise our own chicks and condemn the practice of some of our relatives to dupe other birds into becoming foster parents” During the lockdown here in my Shanghai apartment complex, the TV advertisements in the elevators were not changed for almost 3 months.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Rapai reprints an editorial from the 1904 Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club that will remind many birders of more recent discussions on the Internet concerning the publication of owl and bird nest locations, its language only a little bit more civilized!

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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

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Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Mauritius Owl. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. And it is a rate of extinction that is speeding up! Black-fronted Parakeet. Pagan Reed Warbler.

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Extinction Week Recap

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We miss them all: the parrots, the pigeons, the moas and titan-hawks and stilt-owls and myriads of endlessly exotic avifauna we will never ever know again as they were when they graced this Earth. And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

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Everyone wants to pick off the most fiercesome night predator here, the Laughing Owl , but we’ll also be out looking for the New Zealand Owlet-nightjar. Laughing Owl. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. Random thought: What if I had died a month ago and never heard anything from The Burning Hell, nor the new Mountain Goats song “Training Montage” … Such sad and depressing thinking. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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