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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It tends to be the Jersey natives who drive too fast and refuse to build fences in their backyards who view wildlife as the enemy. You also note that “counting deer is an imprecise science” and that an aerial survey is expensive, “but some believe it yields the most accurate count.”

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. And, rage and frustration. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian. Mostly adult males. Frustrated with the U.S.