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

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Here are three recent titles, one for the parents of very young children, one for primary school children and their parents, and one for residents of a specific geographic area–Los Angeles County. Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles. © Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

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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. Thus, the court did not even address the science regarding taxonomy and connectivity, which continues to develop. But its U.S.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

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Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston. He is one of the leaders of the new Los Angeles Birders group, and has webinars on topics such as “ Tricky Tringas ” and, with Cin-Ty Lee, “ Empidonax Identification in the West.”

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Tom Regan on the Use of Animals in Science

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All that the rights view prohibits is science that violates individual rights. Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 388 [first edition published in 1983]) The rights view merely requires moral consistency in this regard. (

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Three Interesting Things

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Imagine yourself on board a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York City, an eight-hour journey that begins at bedtime and ends at breakfast. Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. Your plan to sleep during the flight is thwarted by sporadic turbulence and an uncomfortable seat. A group of researchers at the N.C.

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Big Years in 2013

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Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. David Bell is doing a Los Angeles County, California, Big Year this year and, according to eBird, had already hit 156 species as of 8 January.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. WHEN: Saturday, September 11th, 2010 WHERE: The Skirball Cultural Center, Ahmanson Hall, Los Angeles. Tickets are $125 each, available at [link].

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