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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part II (Some Suggestions)

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But as far as I can tell, nobody advocates for birders, so lands are opened to hunting and fishing , but not birding, photography, and other non-consumptive uses. This is the sort of issue that the ABA should have a template for comments that could be adapted for a specific site. Until now, it has only been open for hunters.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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Shockingly, the Ashy-throated Parrotbill apparently is a species heavily hunted for bird fighting in Guizhou Province, China ( source ). If being hunted by evil humans was not enough, Ashy-throated Parrotbills are also hosts of the parasitic Common Cuckoo. Shame on the researchers.

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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

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I think each represents a template of a specific way of approaching this subject. These are fairly simple activities, no scavenger hunts or bird identification exercises, and it occurred to me that some are activities I thought up on my own in past years, to work through with my nephews. Like I Love Birds!,