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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

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Steve Kelling from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gave the keynote talk, “The Birder Effect: Birding, Science, and Conservation.” The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds. .

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The State of the Animal Rights Dialogue

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This opinion piece is from the Christian Science Monitor in 2002. It may be almost 7 years old, but I think it is as relevant now as it was then. Worth reading and, I think, some reflection.

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How Many Birders Are There, Really? (Updated)

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However, at least one source reported that way back in 2002, there were approximately 700,000 copies in print of the Sibley Guide to Birds and 250,000 of Kenn Kaufman’s Field Guide to Birds of North America. (Rankings on Amazon provide information relative to other books, but do not provide a basis to infer how many copies are sold.)

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

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His many book titles include Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds , a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species (2002), Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul (2005), and Of a Feather: A (..)

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Rocky & Bella, Inc. earns National Animal Supplement Quality Seal

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The company is committed to providing the best nutrition and super food supplement that science and nature have to offer. Based in Bryn Mawr, Penn., Rocky & Bella was founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Charlie Poznek. For more information, visit [link]. About the National Animal Supplement Council.

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How Many Birders Are There, Really?

10,000 Birds

However, at least one source reported that in 2002, there were approximately 700,000 copies in print of the Sibley Guide to Birds and 250,000 of Kenn Kaufman’s Field Guide to Birds of North America. (Rankings on Amazon provide information relative to other books, but do not provide a basis to infer how many copies are sold.).

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Happy 50th Anniversary Jane Goodall Institute

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Goodall In the Shadow of Man in 1971, Through a Window in 1990, Reason for Hope in 1999, and a number of books for children); Nine films (including those produced by the National Geographic Society and Animal Planet, and an IMAX film with Science North in 2002); Hundreds of popular articles, secondary writings, radio and television interviews; and.