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eBird and Urban Planning: City Green Spaces

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Recently, an interdisciplinary group published a paper using eBird data in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning. Chicago is a good place for birds: on eBird, Cook County, Illinois has nearly 400 species and more than 275,000 checklists. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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More than concerned, he is dismayed and alarmed and has been since January 1974, when he first witnessed a Mourning Dove fly into a window and fall to the ground dead on the Southern Illinois University campus. This was his trigger moment, when he decided to find out why birds fly into glass windows and die.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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The Trump Administration interpretation of the MBTA was also the subject of lawsuits, one by non-profit groups such as National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy , and another by a group of eight states (New York, California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Oregon).

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. He died August 2022 , and the book is dedicated to him.

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Who Wants To See a Greater Prairie Chicken?

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In Abraham Lincoln’s day, Prairie Chickens were an incredibly abundant part of the Illinois prairie landscape. Today in Illinois, 68 males survive. We will be traveling getting our film into many film festivals, and speaking to Audubon groups, museums and nature centers. You can be a part of this.

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The indistinguishable Empidonax Flycatchers

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Of course, if you are an average birder in, say, Illinois or Alberta, you probably haven’t lost too much sleep over this group, in spite of its difficulty. The Buff-bellied Flycatcher’s rich brown color makes it stand out from the rest of the group.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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The Trump Administration interpretation of the MBTA is already the subject of multiple lawsuits, one by non-profit groups such as National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy , and another by a group of eight states (New York, California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Oregon).

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