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Puerto Rico’s Birds after Hurricane Maria

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In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by two powerful hurricanes: it was grazed by Irma and then clobbered by Maria, a Category 4 storm that cut a devastating swath across the island. There have been two counts since Maria: on December 17, 2017, and December 16, 2018. Much of what exists is from the U.S.

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Stolpman Vineyards: Para Maria de los Tecolotes (2017)

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The 2017 bottling features a four-to-one blend of Syrah and Petite Verdot grapes, yielding an especially attractive wine, tinted deeply with a rich, reddish purple and showing vivid flashes of amethyst. Stolpman Vineyards: Para Maria de los Tecolotes (2017). Good owling and happy drinking! Four out of five feathers (Excellent).

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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And summary and discussion of recent research on how birds have changed the frequency and pitch of their songs in response to human noise and the possible consequences of those changes (again, we know that we don’t know). I do wish there was more about research on female bird song. And, that’s it.

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Good News for South Georgia Island’s Pipit Population

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Researchers say that South Georgia Pipits have hatched chicks. If no signs of rats are found by 2017, the island will be determined rodent-free for the first time since humans set foot on it more than two centuries ago. A bird species battling an onslaught of invasive rats just got a glimpse of hope.

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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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The methodology section is detailed, but the highlights are that the survey was conducted online, and more than 33,000 birders completed at least part of the survey, which was conducted in 2016-2017, long before the COVID-19 pandemic. (I To a layperson such as myself, the methodology appears fairly rigorous. “A Citation: Patton, Stephanie.

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Foundational Work

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Well, Chester Lamb was a researcher for University of California, Berkeley… who died in 1965. I finally became the first person to pass him up in first place for the state in 2017, a full 52 years after he finished his work here. Why is this significant? His lists were included in eBird posthumously.)

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The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration–A Book Review

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I did a little research and found plovers and snipe o n menus and in cookbooks of the time, though I still haven’t found recipes for Dunlin or Dowitchers. They are by Karlson, from his years as a research biologist in Alaska, and Ted Swem, a U.S. Dunne and Karlson live and work in Cape May, N.J.,