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What is the State Bird of New Hampshire?

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New Hampshire must have thought the same, for they voted the Purple Finch the state bird in 1957. Originally, the Purple Finch ran into opposition from proponents of the New Hampshire hen. You know a bird is beautiful when Robert Tory Peterson describes it as a “ sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.”

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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However, most states still have less than 100 species, including: Missouri (98, unchanged); Wyoming (97, unchanged); Georgia (94, up from 54); Nevada (93, up from 53); Delaware (88, up from 83); Maine (82, up from 76); South Carolina (82, up from 49); Louisiana (81, up from 73); Alaska (79, up from 34); Maryland (62, unchanged); Illinois (50, up from (..)

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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Also new in this volume are some nice color photos of raptors, such as these, of a Peregrine falcon named Banshee, and a Red-shouldered hawk in Texas: Montgomery’s training in falconry comes via Nancy Cowan, a New Hampshire falconer, and Jazz, a female Harris’s hawk and “the most beautiful bird in the world,” as the author, smitten from the start, (..)

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Beats the Beltway: a review of Bruce Beehler’s book “Natural Encounters”

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bike commutes, Natural Encounters describes other Beehler forays — as far south as the renowned “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida, where you can see enough Roseate Spoonbills to give you an ice-cream headache, and as far north as less well-known locales in northern New Hampshire and elsewhere.

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Snowy Owl Invasion!

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Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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Update on Proposition 2 in CA

Critter News

Efforts for such a ballot initiative in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Vermont have failed but efforts are currently underway to establish similar legislation in Colorado and Washington. Throughout UEP’s annual meeting speakers cautioned that Prop 2’s passage would be a major blow to the industry.

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Snowy Owl Mania!

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The Stokes checked out some Snowy Owls in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Another inventive post, or, rather, series of posts, is the Tumblr of pictures of things that are NOT Snowy Owls. At the Nemesis Bird Tim Shrekengost featured Snowy Owls digiscoped with his iPhone 5.

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Chipping Away at Greyhound Racing

Animal Person

In March of 2007 I wrote, " in a horribly-depressing vote of 198-138, New Hampshire's House voted AGAINST a bill that would shut down live racing at its three greyhound race tracks."

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2014-2015 Winter Finch Forecast

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East of Ontario cone crops are generally poor in the Atlantic Provinces, New York State, New Hampshire and other northern New England States. The heavy spruce cone crop around James Bay extends east in a broad deep band across north-central Quebec into the Gaspe Peninsula.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

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In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. So, with no further ado, and in no particular order… Britain: The Nostalgia Award.

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Winter Finch Forecast for 2012-2013

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : I thank staff of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources designated by an asterisk* and others whose reports allow me to make annual forecasts: Dennis Barry (Durham Region), Eleanor Beagan (Prince Edward Island), Pascal Cote (Tadoussac Bird Observatory, Quebec), Bruce Di Labio (Eastern Ontario and Churchill, Manitoba), Carolle (..)

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Gilbert Dunn started creating bird feeders in his New Hampshire workshop because he wanted to do something connected to the outdoors and be self-employed. The story of Duncraft is a good example.

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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England: A Field Guide Review by an Aspiring Naturalist

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I can’t think of any birder (or botanist or lepidopterist) who wouldn’t find the Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England useful during a trip to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine. It is the perfect field guide for the beginning naturalist.

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A Brief Interview with Greg Miller

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Bicknell’s Thrush is a bird that is important to me because I grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, one of the places that it breeds. Washington in New Hampshire in July. When and where did you see yours during your big year? The Catskills are beautiful, but I found my Bicknell’s Thrush on Mt.

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Birds of Prey of the East & Birds of Prey of the West: Review of Two Field Guides

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I was happy to see that the Mississippi Kite map documents the kite’s incursion into the Northeast, including two notable nesting sites in New Jersey and New Hampshire. Mississippi Kite, Birds of Prey of the East. Finding Species in Each Guide.

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