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What’s Up with the ABA?

10,000 Birds

This strikes me as a puzzling communication strategy for an important issue. The announcement states that “Julie Davis, Chair of the Board, is acting as interim president while the Board prepares to begin the search for the next ABA president.” Simply put, birding is fundamentally different than it was 50 years ago.

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Flock to Marion

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This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. It is an extremely popular fundraising project with an almost cult-like following. Just get rid of the mice.

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BBS Giveaway – Pet Fire Safety Awareness

4 The Love Of Animals

The United States Fire Administration estimates 500,000 pets are affected by house fires each year. To make it easier, we’ve assembled some great tips to help you whip your fire prevention strategy into shape! Having a fire safety strategy has many benefits and may help reduce the chances of fire, injury and home evacuation.

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The Nature of the Meadowlands: A Book Review

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I think every naturalist in the United States knows the outlines of this urban tale: The pristine marshes of New Jersey are poisoned by pollution, toxic waste, pig farms, and probably every single way in which human beings can destroy the environment. The Nature of the Meadowlands is a celebration of an environmental success story.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

Gooddie describes his quest in terms of a contest of wills and strategy. There is little factual material here about global conservation and protection, but that is not the book’s purpose. They can travel through space-time without leaving a ripple in the continuum in a way that even Stephen Hawking could not begin to explain.”

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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

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Description and drawing (from Ridgway) of a Broad-billed Hummingbird nest from Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley by Florence Merriam Bailey, 1902. Harris Hawks are monogamous and polyandrous and the female is the primary nest builder.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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True to form, the United States Department of Agriculture seems less concerned about the health or status of Yellow Bitterns and more about managing the birds on Guam to minimize threats to aviation safety. If it is, then waterboarding should be protected as US-American culture. But I am grumbling a little bit about it.

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