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

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The best place to see a Kirtland’s Warbler in the United States is in the state of Michigan. The Kirtland’s Warbler is an endangered bird species that breeds primarily in the jack pine forests of northern Michigan. They return to Michigan for nesting during the summer months.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics. ” (p. It’s taken a critical mass of women scientists to be heard and to be respected.

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Tracking the Kirkland’s Warbler

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The jack pines of Michigan are well-known as the breeding grounds of the Kirkland’s Warbler —and thus, the best place to catch a glimpse of this exceedingly rare songbird. Eastern seaboard, and up to Michigan. The new research , from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, is published in the latest Journal of Avian Biology.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. If you are a birder, you say “Kirtland’s Warbler!”

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PETA Files Complaint Against Michigan School

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It's a flurry of activity out there in the animal research fight! This one involves PETA and Saginaw Valley State University.

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Of Nesting Spoonbills, Nestling Flamingos, Left-the-Nest Shearwaters, and Mystery Gulls

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The far-inland Chattanoogan newspaper in Tennessee shares a story about an international team of researchers tracking half a dozen Pink-footed Shearwaters from Chile to North America and back in hopes of learning about the at-risk birds’ habits and how better to protect them. (The That’s because it’s pink !

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UC Davis Named in Criminal Complaint for Mistreatment of Lab Animals

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The University of California, Davis is the focus of a major federal complaint charging it and two other nationally known university research centers have killed dozens of primates through traumatic injuries, veterinary negligence and other violations. The others are the University of Michigan and University of Louisiana/New Iberia.