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Birding Shanghai in October 2023

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The Yellow-bellied Tit suffers a bit less from such jokes. Recently, it has become fashionable among Siberian Rubythroats to go for a slightly more subdued throat color (no source as I just made this bit of information up). Of course, the female is even more subdued-looking.

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. As I wrote in 2019 , the informational shortages that prompted the creation of the ABA no longer exist. If anything, birders confront too much information rather than not enough.

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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Knowing this information is vital for coming up with timely solutions, perhaps most of all for animals and plants truly on the brink of being lost forever. It’s an unfortunate answer that reflects the steady decrease in population suffered by this parrot king of the tropical dry forest. Which species are endangered?

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied. CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). His Wikipedia entry has its fair share of useless but amusing information on him: “In his personal matters he was said to be careless and forgetful.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. A little editing down would have enhanced both parts of the book.

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A Review of 101 + Common Birds of Costa Rica- A Birder’s Companion

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With that in mind, it’s always a pleasure to see more books and information available about birds and birding in Costa Rica. I love a field guide that has more information than illustrations. The text is thorough and informative. Sometimes, a link to a video or other bits of information are also provided for a species.