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It’s On: The Rusty Blackbird Migration Blitz!

10,000 Birds

Specifically, the plight of the Rusty Blackbird , which has experienced the sharpest rate of decline among North American landbirds, according to the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group (IRBWG), and has a conservation status of Vulnerable. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, and others).

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

10,000 Birds

In just a few clicks I can determine that my 442nd Mallard sighting was a group of 50 at Steigerwald Lake NWR on October 25, 2019, that the checklist was started at 9:46 a.m 10,000 Birds also has an eBird profile and since I as a beat writer in 2016, I have been a part of that group. For example, I’ve seen Bald Eagles in 15 states.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

10,000 Birds

The alarming decline of grassland species like the Upland Sandpiper ( Bartramia longicauda ) and Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna ) has been the most precipitous and extensive of any group of North American birds, and much of this decline results from changes in agricultural land management.

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Update on Proposition 2 in CA

Critter News

Gregory is the president and CEO of UEP, an industry trade group. Efforts for such a ballot initiative in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Vermont have failed but efforts are currently underway to establish similar legislation in Colorado and Washington.

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Black Bear

Animal Person

During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. South Royalton, Vermont is a picturesque New England town that in 1991 didn’t even have a stoplight. A group of law school students walked far out of their way to avoid the sight.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p. As this Newsweek article and this Washington Post article report, when Gillette boarded a flight from Burlington, Vermont to New York on Oct. Soy formulas are commonly used in hospital nurseries, although they can occasionally be allergenic as well.

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