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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? “A lady put American Robin nestlings in a small Tupperware container and put the lid on,” said Jodi Swenson in Massachusetts. Here’s a sad example of where logic failed.

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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

10,000 Birds

The wildlife centers set up lodging, local transportation, and meetings with their directors and veterinarians. What’s left? What’s left? The indiegogo campaign needs donations. . Will you help?

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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

10,000 Birds

I am a westerner, so perhaps it is a glorious hotspot, but I’ve never heard Cape Ann, Massachusetts referred to as a world-class birding location. Please note that it’s important to consider the time required for transportation and security procedures when planning your layover birding excursion.

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

10,000 Birds

They would care about land-use decisions involving urban sprawl, agriculture, transportation, waste disposal, pollution, deforestation, desertification, invasive species, climate change, and even population control. The gap is in high school, though there are a few teaching in high school, including Steve Maguire in Massachusetts.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

10,000 Birds

Nick Lund pretty much says it all when he writes, “Maine left Massachusetts in 1820 to become its own state and took the best of New England with it” (p. American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Maine. we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.

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Rwanda Dreaming

10,000 Birds

My mind now wanders off to one of those, to Rwanda – one of the smallest African countries, about the size of Massachusetts or Slovenia (for those familiar with Neotropical birding, it is half the size of Costa Rica), but with 701 bird species. Add to this the fact that the road is being serviced by public transport.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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If you do view the documentary, I suspect that you will agree that "raising," transporting and slaughtering animals in this way is, indeed, wrong and ought not be supported.] For example, the famous Framingham heart study has been tracking the daily living and eating habits of thousands of residents of Framingham, Massachusetts since 1948.