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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Pough “with illustrations in color of every species” by Don Eckelberry, Doubleday, 1946. And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. The press material says it covers over 800 species, so you know I had to do a count.

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Swainson’s Hawks in Plumas County

10,000 Birds

They are listed as a Species of Special Concern in Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and as Threatened in California. Each autumn, nearly the entire breeding population of the Swainson’s Hawk migrates from the temperate zone of North America to wintering areas in South America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7tVjohOIdI.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. And for rodents and reptiles as well. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.

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Short-eared Owl at Plum Beach, Brooklyn

10,000 Birds

Though its population is declining everywhere that numbers are available, and seemingly precipitously in North America, it still has an extremely large population. Because of the range and population BirdLife International lists Asio flammeus as a Species of Least Concern.

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Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble

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A study released by the associations that accredit zoos across North America said that the occurrence of deaths was not a fluke. Instead, it brought a new bat species into the exact place in the year 2009 — twenty-five of those creatures also passed away. A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

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This thrush is extremely common in urban and suburban Germany and one of the most conspicuous bird species here, comparable to the American Robin in North America. It appears as if some bird species are more susceptible to an infection than others, but many species are affected. Impaired motoric movements, e.

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