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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. It’s not always easy reading. The two men have co-authored several previous articles on avian vagrancy.

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The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

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This just doesn’t seem like rocket science to me. million hunters. This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. In terms of losing Refuge support from hunters, our intent is not to divide the two groups. A lot more money! Let’s look at some facts.

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Flock to Marion

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So, I anxiously followed the “Flock to Marion 2022” Facebook group in anticipation for open cabins to come up for sale. These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences. I waited…and waited…and waited.

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Where the People Are

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Today, I bring you an equally lavish look at a group bipeds that are perhaps a little more confusing: people. But not, mind you, on any shelf of popular science or ornithological memoir. But on its own terms, this is a very engaging attempt to straddle the two cultures of arts and sciences, and in those terms I hope that it will soar.

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Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

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I started to learn how to tell waders (and gulls) apart only when I locally ran out of other hard bird groups to tackle. Quarter of a century later, I jumped at an opportunity to study environmental sciences, and guess what awaited me there? And it wasn’t so long ago. When there was hardly much else left, I accepted the shorebirds.

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Will parrots and falcons soon be moved around in your field guide?

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In fact, the two groups appear to belong near parrots and passerines, which are now thought to be sister clades. But what no major checklist has yet done (to my knowledge) is to take the next step and rearrange the order in which these groups of birds are presented. Some of this should sound familiar.

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Use it or lose it?

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The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008. Conservation conservation science hunting logging' she’s Texan.

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