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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril.

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Seeking Out Unwelcome Guests

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There’s something very matter-of-fact about seeking out non-native target species. So when Nutmeg Mannikin was finally, at long last, added to the ABA list last summer, it was a foregone conclusion that those birders at the ABA’s San Diego rally, of which I was one, would need to make a trip out of our way to get it.

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: The Good, the Bad, and the Huh?

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Sea World San Diego just welcomed the world’s first “test-tube” penguin. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the bugs that cause House Finch Eye Disease have shown up in other species of birds. If you love penguins, and you love Doctor Who , you won’t want to miss this David Tennant–narrated miniseries on PBS.

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Lifer Ocean

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Where the skilled spotter finds needles in haystacks and picks out rarities from more plentiful species. This month I was in San Diego, helping out with and participating in the American Birding Association’s San Diego rally. It was nice to get such long, satisfying looks.

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Searching for the Elusive and Less-Colorful: The Sinaloa Martin

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.” Very little is known about this enigmatic species.

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The Horned Guan in Chiapas

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”. Horned Guan (Click for a bigger version.).

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For the Love of Ants

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”. Not just any old ant though, you are on the lookout for army ants.

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