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Out Birding to Help an Endemic Sparrow in Costa Rica

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Listed as Near Threatened, this charismatic species has a tiny distribution restricted to central Costa Rica, especially in the Central Valley. Over a few years, I have already seen several places where I watched this species, even showed this species to visiting birders, bulldozed and prepared for housing. Check out the video!

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

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The workshops , and mentoring and networking events are not particularly relevant, and I skipped them. He modeled likely future suitable habitats in a climate change scenario for a number of bird species of conservation concern. Thus, birds may be moving from protected areas to unprotected areas, creating a conservation mismatch.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Birding by Impression is a conscious, deliberate method of identifying and recognizing birds based on the study and evaluation of “distinctive structural features and behavioral movements” and comparison with nearby and similar species. It is not a handbook, though it approaches species from a collective viewpoint. .* So say Kevin T.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. This is where Boase excels.

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Proposed Changes to the Duck Stamp Not Well Received

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a) Recommendation : Develop and support implementation of a communications strategy that targets groups identified in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) National Stakeholder workshops and survey. Modifying the art rules to include additional and appropriate bird species is an ideal way to raise that possibility.

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Review Classic: The Warbler Guide

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A series of videos on how to use the book’s features have been made available on the book’s Facebook page , and authors Tom and Scott have been presenting workshops and talks on warbler identification and vocalizations across the country, including one I attended in April at the Queens County Bird Club, NYC. But, then, aha!