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Ending 2021 with the Steller’s Sea Eagle

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I knew it had been recently seen in Massachusetts, but now I had a chance to see it for myself, on the very last day of 2021. ” I asked the first birders I happened upon – part of the group of dozens, if not 100+ people on the wharf. It’s a giant, striking raptor, with a bright bill and distinct white wing stripes.

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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

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A bicycling big year, which started out as a cool, interesting idea after Dorian biked eight miles to see two Northern Lapwings in Nantucket, Massachusetts, becomes an out-of-the-box way to re-orient his mind and find new direction.

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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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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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Sand Trap: Netting Red Knots for Science

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What if, however, you want to nab a group of shorebirds that will scurry or take flight at the merest approach? That’s just what researchers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts are using–a cannon-fired net. To paraphrase Roy Scheider , you’re gonna need a bigger net. Their goal?

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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” His classes attracted diverse groups of students, often with little scientific background: “Students have to first pass biology, but most come in knowing next to nothing about birds except that they can fly, that they have feathers, and that they lay eggs.”. In other words, a “spark class” rather than a “spark bird.”

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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. The two men have co-authored several previous articles on avian vagrancy.

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