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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams

10,000 Birds

Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Jan Turner, in Indiana, had her own Happy Meal delivery: “Two infant cottontails brought by a father and son.” We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. By a lawyer.”

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Obama's Rules Freeze May Help Wolves

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Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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I’d like a hit squad to visit the people who call me in the middle of dinner or at 3 AM to tell me they have a baby raccoon they found two weeks ago,” wrote Kathy in Indiana. “I’d wish for rehabber-appreciative regulators who don’t think adding paperwork equals adding security,” wrote Louise in Oregon.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored. And so on….