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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. This is a smartly written book.

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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

South Africa is their steward and have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act in 2003, which restricts activities on the islands to research and conservation management. It is still volcanically active with researchers periodically discovering new flows.

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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. With a little bit of research and practice, you can have your plan down pat in an afternoon. To make it easier, we’ve assembled some great tips to help you whip your fire prevention strategy into shape!

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Marybeth Lima’s ‘real life’ work is academic, she is a professor of biological and agricultural engineering as Louisiana State University with research interests in community-based design and service-learning in engineering.

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Could Radar Help Make Birdstrikes a Thing of the Past?

10,000 Birds

Engineers, airport managers, and wildlife authorities have devised a number of strategies. But one that hasn’t been widely adopted, at least in the United States, is avian radar, according to a recent New York Times op-ed. Whither the solutions to this dangerous (for all parties involved) problem?

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

10,000 Birds

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

10,000 Birds

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. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. But I am grumbling a little bit about it.

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