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Changing Bird Names (Again)

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The guidelines that apply to name changes were barely discussed, nor was there any discussion of the process by which scores of names might be changed, or whether the NACC has the bandwidth to change dozens of bird names on top of its other work. For example, renaming Cooper’s Hawk , which has more than 1.8

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. The 10-year-old Boa was pregnant and had been raised by McAdam since it was a baby. The man who owned the snakes, Chris Coffee, had legally possessed them for years.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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They engage in advocacy efforts, raise awareness about conservation issues, and collaborate with other organizations and initiatives to preserve and restore bird populations and their environments. Conservation: The ABA emphasizes the importance of bird conservation and works to protect bird habitats and species.

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

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All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. Born in Gambia, raised and living in Sweden , Larsson illustrated three major guides before this one, all authored by Klaus Malling Olsen: Terns of Europe and North America (PUP, rev.

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Plugging Kids Into Birding

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Over the years, I have found that all kids learn differently but there are a few guidelines that can assist in encouraging kids to participate in our -- often selfish! -- pastime. This book explains how we are all at risk of raising kids with nature deficit disorder. I have three young kids and all of them love birds.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. I like my field guides to have clearly stated taxonomic guidelines in the Introduction, even if it includes a page of exceptions, and a cut-off date. I didn’t.).

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

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Another addition is Other Birds That Soar, a chapter that gives guidelines for differentiating amongst hawks and all those other birds who just might be up there in the sky. They are deliberately keyed to identification questions discussed in the text, with captions summarizing significant points.