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Junco Mashup

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The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into. Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern United States with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back.

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

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The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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Nice, Nice Birding in Narita

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NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. I’m sure Lisa was looking forward to her two hours on the train for just the same reason. From what airports should one sally forth during a layover of many hours?

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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And that through the use of science based decisions (made by biologists who have trained and been schooled on that very thing (That is what gives them the “bestowing&# power you speak of. I agree with what they say wholeheartedly because I’m not trained to do something like that when they are.

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