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Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

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It comprised eight short talks on subjects ranging from investigations into the genetics of magnetic receptors for navigation, to the use of eBird and other “citizen science” crowdsourcing efforts in studying migrant phenology. ” Fascinating stuff, with real conservation implications.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Let’s get to it then.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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It’s all about the improbable intersection of human beings and Emperor Penguins, and if I can’t make it to an Emperor Penguin colony (highly unlikely), reading this book has been the next best thing. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

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A Different Kind of Spring

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I’ve been sciencing really hard lately. I know Seagull Steve, who is slaving away on Snowy Plover and Least Tern monitoring in San Diego, is busy as well, but he can’t help but reflect on how different his current job is from his last spring gig. Bush had Dick Cheney, the birding community has Felonious Jive.

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