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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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An old curator of birds at the Los Angeles County Museum encouraged me to visit the Alaskan territory as a place abundantly populated with these birds, because even then they were becoming rare and hard to obtain.” Again, Cade led with solid evidence acquired through his own research. And grow they did.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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They found 673 species and advanced the yearly total to 1019. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. This month is when the hard work to fill the winter quota is put in.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

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During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Vuelta Los Angeles. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. Expanding that for the year so far gives 795 / 1512. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Vuelta Los Angeles. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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