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World Sparrow Day 2011

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In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day. In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day.

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Come@Me Week Round Up

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1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. 7AM – Duncan: Bird Photography is a Fantastic Waste of Time. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.

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What is the State Bird of New Mexico?

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Walking along a dirt track next to a prairie, my friend and I were on the look-out for different sparrow species when a large bird suddenly darted into the clearing. Car collisions, feral cats, and run-ins with hunters also cause problems, even for this speed-racer.

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Welcome to Come@Me Week

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1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. 7AM – Duncan: Birders Don’t Need to Dress Like Geeky Desert Storm Cosplayers. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle.

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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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And keeping cats, natural hunters, indoors is, as a matter of biology and of common sense, not the healthiest state for them. First, there is a large and rabid — well, enthusiastic — cat lobby, including many people who support colonies of feral cats with food and otherwise, such as the large nonprofit group, Alley Cat Allies.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White

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There’s little doubt that these unwilling but plucky exiles have beaten the odds over the last few months, first evading the sights of eager autumn hunters, and then the jaws of hungry foxes and weasels, only to endure the many privations of the harsh and long North American winter eking out their survival in a strange and inhospitable landscape.

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Good Birders Still Don’t Wear White: A Book Review

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In “Summer of the Sparrow,” actress and ABA board member Lili Taylor relates a dramatic tale of murderous passion directed towards a House Sparrow who has killed the Bluebird babies in her nest boxes. This story of avian hatred may be the most revolutionary essay in a book full of paeans to birds and birding.). Braunfield.

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